Along with the threat from violent sea, the coastal people are facing another disaster. Plastic and other debris that have been washed ashore are piled up along the coast. It is a retail task to collect all this and clean the shore. Some local body workers will collect and dispose them of. The rest will reach the sea. They will return to shore in the next storm. This has been a continuous phenomenon. The large canals and rivers that run through the capital city are places of waste disposal for the city dwellers. These water bodies are always full of plastic carrier bags and other debris.
Some of them are removed during the clean-up operation carried out by the corporation before the monsoon season. But this time everything got submerged in the water bodies by the thunderstorm brought by cyclone Tauktae before that. The huge floodwaters washed away the huge accumulations of waste that had piled up near streams and canals. They were swept back to shore in the storm. One only need to visit the beach to see first-hand how alarming the environmental pollution is. At the same time, it will help you to realize how limited civic consciousness is.

Excessive use of plastics, which have become a menace to nature and man alike, is polluting not only the land but also the sea to a great extent. The waste, which is rolled up and dumped into nearby streams and canals, eventually ends up in the sea. Today, lakes, rivers, and streams are polluted. Most of these reach the sea during the monsoon season. Apart from this, the wastes from the shores end up in the sea. The sea is getting more and more polluted every year. Numerous studies have shown that the most deadly is the excess of plastic materials. The common belief that the vast sea can endure everything is the provocation to leave everything that man does not need, at sea. But the huge amount of waste deposited along the coasts across the state is proof that everything that is carried can be brought ashore by the sea. It is also a warning of how dangerous the situation can be if human beings do not maintain their civic sense.

Although increasing pollution in the sea has threatened fishing, the reality is that coastal communities have also played a major role in creating such a situation.

With large amounts of waste and plastic coming into the sea from cities, municipalities will have to do something to bring in some change. Plastic collection should be made lively and efficient. The practice of waste disposal can be eliminated at least gradually if effective waste collection systems are in place.