by Hafsa Sabry(Sunday Leader) Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Amongst many alleged illegal anti-environmental activities in the country the issue of illegal ‘land grabbing’ and ‘diamond mining’ that are carried out despite the issues has beeng brought to the notice of relevant authorities. The Dumbara lands in the Ratnapura district is one of the water catchment areas which is continuously being […]
Last will for tree program was introduced to Kudabubla village by cens.We got this idea from our grandmothers generation and it remind us again by Amy Browne, Jeremy Kaplan, Brian Wilson, Tony Hale, will for wood film .Ven Wekadawala Rahula thero made awareness among the villages and reintroduced this concept to Sri Lanka.Our ambition of this program to prevent concrete […]
by Hafsa Sabry(Sunday leader ) The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has refused to grant approval to the Beragala Golf Resort Project which is alleged to violate most of the laws of the National Environmental Act, residents of the area and environmentalists are continuing to express concerns over the environmental issues that exist as a result of the project. According to […]
වේලි ඔය දිය හැරවුමේ සිට මීටර් 500 ක් පමණ ගඟ ඉහත්තාවට යන්නට ජාවාරම් කරුවන් ඉඩම් අත්පත් කරගනිමින් එහි ස්ථිර නිවාස ඉදිකොට සියළු පහසුකම් සහිතව අනවසර මැණික් ගැරීම් කරන අයුරු වනාන්තරය තුළ දැව ජාවාරම කිසිදු බියකින් සැකයකින් තොරව සිදුකරගෙන යනු ලබයි. ඔවුන්ගේ හොර ජාවාරම් වසා ගැනිමට ස්ථිර ගොඩනැගිලි ඉදිකර විශාල දේවාල භූමියක් ද ඉදිකර ඇත. අටවිසි බුද්ධ ප්රතිමා නිර්මාණය කිරිමට අවශ්ය […]
by Hafsa Sabry (sundy Leader) 2015.11.20 Despite all authorities in the country being kept informed of the alleged rape of the crown land, several of Sri Lanka’s flagship national parks and highly sensitive conservation areas including the Wilpattu National Park in the North Western Province and Lunugamvehera National Park in the Southern Province, are allegedly being pillaged and plundered for […]
By Hafsa Sabry(Sunday Leader) 2015.11.20 In the wake of the re-election of the new government, instances of illegal sand mining allegedly carried out by several influential politicians of the previous regime has come to light. The illegal sand mining and the land distribution to a few favourites of some politicians have reportedly created chaos among the villagers who still are […]
by Rukshana Rizwie-Sundayobserver In a year since 37 people were buried alive under a mountain of mud in Meeriyabedda in Koslanda, researchers and families affected by the tragedy have often asked what the authorities have done since, to avert these disasters or insulate them. The responses have been lukewarm and uncertain. A house that was damaged in the Meeriyabedda landslide […]
By Hafsa Sabry(Sunday Leader) It is now not an easy task to obtain approval to set up a chemical factory in the close proximity to the Kelani River that could cause water pollution. However, a large complex building, for the manufacture of boxes for packaging, is allegedly being constructed in the Kaduwela area. This new factory is said to be […]
Investigations should be conducted and action taken against the former President, former Defence Secretary, the former Economic Development Minister and the Major who gave orders to shoot in connection with the Rathupaswala killings in 2012, Siyane Environment Protection United Organisation chief organiser Suresh Perera said. “Otherwise we will not vote for this government at upcoming elections,” Perera told a press […]
Development Vs. Environment Conservation…. by Hafsa Sabry(SUNDAY LIEDER) Sri Lanka’s economic growth and infrastructure development, resulted in urbanisation of Colombo and other areas, which created many environmental issues, surface and ground water contaminations and a vast change in wild life and their habitats.If we look at how urbanisation is affecting the country, with particular focus on environment, the damage to […]