October 11, 2015

Environmentalists Allege Attack By Jiffy Workers in Sri Lanka

by Hafsa Sabry http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2015/10/11/environmentalists-allege-attack-by-jiffy-workers/ Violating the law is a punishable offence anywhere in the world but in Sri Lanka it seems that relevant authorities are not empowered to take legal action against them since the law violators continue to violate the law with legally accepted government documents and paper work. It is still a question why the responsible authorities in […]

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September 17, 2015

Why is Fijjy going to be awarded?

By Duminda Alahakoon – CENS – Environmentalist Raveendra Kariyawasam. It’s shame to see why Jiffy company is going to be golden awarded as the best exporter in 2015” said environmentalist Raveendra Kariyawasam at the press conference was convened by Centre for environmental and nature studies (CENS) yesterday at the National library, with participation of environmentalist Sajeewa Chamikara, Ven.Wekandawala Rahula Thero […]

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September 16, 2015

Deduru River (Oya) sighs at the door of a silent death

the spring, clouds were flying over the blue sky off to the stretches of paddy fields. Deer were feeding on grass calmly over the river banks. Meewana, Loral, Viburnum and Milder which are naturally grown wild plants with its flowers were fascinating all. Even in the winter, it was same as in the spring. Herds of birds were feeding on […]

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September 13, 2015

Studies find high levels of Arsenic in Kelani River: CENS

By Piyumi Fonseka(http://continuosrainpfsl.blogspot.com/2015_09_01_archive.html) Studies conducted by the Centre for Environment and Nature Studies (CENS) have been found high levels of toxic chemical Arsenic nearly 0.004 kg / m3 (4.00 milligrams) per (1 liter) in several areas of Kelani River which is main source of drinking water for Colombo. Environmentalist and Researcher Ravindra Kariyawasam of CENS yesterday told Daily Mirror highest […]

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August 28, 2015

Coca cola company discharged poisons in to Kelani river

The water supply to Municipal Councils of Colombo, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte and Dehiwala, Mt. Lavinia Urban Councils was interrupted for several hours today after oil contaminate Kelani River which feeds the City’s main water purification tanks at Ambatale. Water Supply and Drainage Board stated that it has restarted the supply, and informed the public the normal supply would be restored […]

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August 26, 2015

Coca-Cola company discharged poison in to Kelani river In Sri Lanka

Multinational company Coca-Cola is pressurizing the government after the Central Environmental Authority cancelled the environment protection licence of its Kaduwela factory. An underground fuel pipeline of the factory leaked into the Kelani River a week ago, causing a major contamination. The factory was also fined nearly Rs. 01 billion. US government officials are exerting pressure on Sri Lanka to suspend […]

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August 20, 2015

Toxin water in Kelani river

CEA mulls legal action against company-(CEA is not published company name ) Disna Mudalige Legal action will be taken against a leading private carbonated beverage manufacturing plant in Kaduwela if the company is found guilty of polluting the Kelani river, Central Environmental Authority Chairman Prof Lal Mervin Dharmasiri told the Daily News yesterday. He said the cause of oil mixing […]

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July 23, 2015

පරිසරය රකින දේශපාලන දර්ශනයක් අවශ්‍යයි

2011 – 2030 ජාතික භෞතික සැලැස්මේ දී ලංකාවේ; ආර්ථික මධ්‍යස්ථානයක්, ගුවන් මධ්‍යස්ථානයක්, නාවික මධ්‍යස්ථානයක්, බලශක්ති මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් සහ අධ්‍යාපන මධ්‍යස්ථානයක් බවට පත්කිරිම සඳහා මේ වන විට සැලසුම් කොට ඇත. මෙය අද ඊයේ බිහිවූවක් නොව 1992 වසරේ ‘‘යළි පුබුදමු ශ‍්‍රී ලංකා’’ යන මැයෙන් ක‍්‍රියාත්මක වූ වැඩසටහනේ ම දිගුවකි. ‘‘2011 – 2030 ජාතික භෞතික සැලැස්ම’’ යනුවෙන් නම් කොට ඇති මෙය, නම පමණක් වෙනස් […]

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July 22, 2015

Eco encroachment of Yala National Park

By Sandun Jayawardana- The Nation The Center for Environmental and Nature Studies (CENS) alleges that illegal constructions and other illegal activities were taking place within the boundaries of Yala National Park and its buffer zone. Authorities though, are adamant that no illegal constructions exist inside the park. The matter though, has now been referred to the President, with court action […]

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