Air force and navy carders have been catch 1220 acres including with forest patchas Ulpassa and Egodayaya in panma. On 17-07-2010, an armed group with their faces covered in dark cloth had come in the middle of the night and attacked a group of villagers and had destroyed some temporary houses by setting them on fire. Following that, the Police […]
Rajapaksa Regime Involved In Sri Lanka’s Largest Land Grab By Dinuk Samarasinghe -Sunday leader Water is being unlawfully pumped from the Manik Ganga (Gem River) by Dole farm. Photo Credit- NAFSO In what might be Sri Lanka’s largest land grabbing scandal, local partners of the Dole Company, the world’s largest producer and marketer of fresh fruits and vegetables, is said […]
I am writing to express my opposition and concerns about the proposed Theberton Mini Hydro Power Plant (Sapthakaanya Mini Hydro Company) for the Maskelyia River, directly above the Laksapana Waterfall. This development is one of many existing and proposed hydropower projects that are destroying the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary and ultimately, the Kelani River. I am an environmental specialist from Australia, […]
The villagers of Nakolagane in Galgamuwa are up in arms against alleged moves by the chief monk of the Purana Raja Maha Viharaya to hand over large tracts of forested land to a multinational company. Around 600 acres, believed to belong to the viharaya, are allegedly to be handed over to the multinational company to be cleared and developed into […]
Chunnakam, Thellipalay, Ezhalai, Kumbalavalai, Kattuvan, Mallakam, Uduvil, Inuvil and Thavaddy areas in Valikamam were affected due to contamination of oil . Now there is a fear that contamination may have spread to Kokuvil too. It has been found that even school wells are affected apart from residences. Minister of Urban Development, Water Supply and Drainage, Rauff Hakeem said that according […]
The supreme court 04/06/2015 issue notice on central environment authority, the Ceylon electricity board, the Northern Province cheap minister, the chairmen of valikamam pradeshiya saba,and the northern power company limited ,returnable on sep,16,2015. The respondents are ordered to be present in court or be represented on counsel on that day. Pertaining fundamental right petition filed by Center for environment and […]
Sri Lankan Mirror News reported On Jan. 27, the Mallakam Magistrate ordered to close the power plant indefinitely. However, the company reported that the plant reopened for essential maintenance following a court order from the Appeal court which overturned the above suspension. Speaking to ‘Sri Lanka Mirror’ on this regard, Ravindra Kariyawasam of Center for Environmental and Nature Studies (CENS) […]
President Maithripala Sirisena told a function at the BMICH in Colombo yesterday that the importation of the agrochemical glyphosate, which contains arsenic and heavy metal, will be banned with immediate effect. He said, “Certain businessmen asked me to let them sell the glyphosate already imported. But, not even a single person more cannot be allowed to be victimized to kidney […]
by Lalin Fernandopulle (http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2015/04/12/f) Opponents of the Colombo Port City project came down hard on the proponents and backers of the controversial project at a ‘Public Tribunal’ organised by Transparency International last week in Colombo, condemning it outright as a move that is catastrophic to the environment and livelihood of a large number of fisher folk in the country. Environmentalists […]
Tuesday, March 3, 2015, environmentalists took to the roads in protest against the Colombo Port City Project. One of the many projects of the Rajapaksa government and the one that has been used freely by President Sirisena’s election campaign days, the project is planned on 252 hectares of reclaimed land in Colombo. This land (if the project is carried as […]