Vandalists on the Delft Island.

We spent last weekend on Delft Island, which was a great destination to visit with many historical sites and things to see.

However, the terrible part was that authorities had a lax approach to protecting and maintaining them for posterity.

Many of these locations have been vandalized with people's initials carved on them.

Those fools who thought that putting their silly initials on historically significant places and items would make them more appealing to visitors were horribly mistaken.

The policeman stopped two inebriated residents from boarding the returning launch, which was operated by the RDA and Sri Lankan naval forces.

There is nothing wrong with doing such things in terms of safety and security, but what are they doing to prevent vandals from having a field day on Delft Island?

There is nothing.

Except for locals, all other visitors are escorted and accompanied by at least one local driver, and if the authorities are serious about preventing further damage to those historically significant artefacts, they can easily empower those local drivers and guides to prevent anyone from attempting to replicate their antics on the island.

If anyone ignores their warning and continues to perform stupid and dangerous things on the island, they should notify the police and navy officials at the exit point.

Another critical factor is that suitable protective barriers are established by authorities.

If the authorities do not act quickly, what has survived for many centuries under extremely harsh weather conditions out there will be lost for our children and grandkids to see.

Unfortunately, they are still sleeping, and it is time for them to wake up before it is too late.