The coast guards and navies of the littoral countries in the South Asian region need to gear up their efforts to prevent the Indian Ocean from being treated as 'dumping ground' due to the following threats:

• A. Oil spill disasters in the coastal zones.
• B. Sea pollution caused by coral dead zone and increasing pollutants.
• C. Global warming causing severe damage to sensitive marine eco-system and its biodiversity.
• D. All the above factors as mentioned in (A), (B) and (C)