ටී.ඩී.කේ.ඒ.ප්රසන්න. පරිසර හා සොබාදහමි අධ්යයන මධ්යස්ථානය පසුගිය24,25 යන දිනයන් තුළදී ඇද හැලුනු අධික වර්ෂාව නිසාවෙන් දිවයිනේ කඳුකර පද්ධති කීපයක්ම නාය යෑමේ අවදානයට යොමු විය. හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්රික්කයේ වලස්මුල්ල ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ටාශයට අයත් “ රන්මල” කඳු පද්දතියේ බොහෝ ප්රදේශයන් විශාල වශයෙන් නාය යෑම් වලට ලක් විය. නිවර්තන වැසි වනාන්තර ගහණයකින් ස්වයංපෝෂිත වූ රන්මල කන්ද ඓතිහාසිකමය වටිනාකම් මැවූ සංදිස්ථානයකි. රන්මල කඳු කොමලිය පාමුල […]
According to government reports, recent flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka have caused widespread disruptions across the country. At least 200,000 people have been displaced by the floods, many casualties have been reported and dozens are feared missing. Government try to say this is a result of climate change. According to me climate change is like a god. God does […]
ministers of the ‘Yahapaalana’ government has given approval to cabinet paper MDE/AD/03/CAB-PA/2017 to hand over 62,500 acres from Uva-Wellassa to the Gazelle Ventures of Singapore, through its parent company, the New York-based multinational company CDVCA, to cultivate sugarcane. The official handover will take place on June 05 ,the day of world Environment and president Maithripala Sirisena, as the minister of […]
By The Nation – Apr 22, 2017 Immediately after the Meetotamulla disaster making money out of garbage became a subject of discussion in all electronic and print media. During Nation’s attempt to get to the bottom issue it was revealed that the garbage dump a business value to certain underworld groups. In the aftermath of the Meetotamulla debacle reports of […]
Dr prasanna cooray (The Island .21,04,2017) The probable death toll from the Meethotamulla garbage avalanche of April 14 stands at 40, with 32 persons confirmed dead and 8 still missing (as of 3 pm 20 April 2017). The type of disaster we experienced on the Sinhala and Tamil New Year day, deplorably, is an extremely rare occurrence in the civilized […]
By DR Prasanna cooray ( The Island) 05.03.20017 Last Wednesday (01.03.2017) afternoon a number of environmental groups from across the country gathered at the Centre for Society and Religion (CSR) auditorium in Borella to discuss the pressing issues they face in the environment front today and to come out with a plan of action to address those. This event was […]
By Dr Prsanna Cooray (The Island ,2017,01,15) Close on the heels a move to hand over 15,000 acre land to the Chinese in Medilla in the Ambalantota Divisional Secretary Division in Hambantota District, come the news of a land grab comes from another corner of the same district––in the Suriyawewa Divisional Secretary Division. This time around, it is in a […]
By Kalani Kumarasinghe (Daily mirror) The Port City project -stalled, suspended and recommenced-has been under public scrutiny for various reasons. Five years in the making, the project has withstood regime change, public protests and spurious criticism levelled by political parties and personalities who have changed their tunes according to election whims. Nevertheless a group of activists who voiced their concerns […]
by Duminda Alahakoon (Activist) A country shaped like a teardrop, located in the Indian Ocean, at the end of southern tip of Indian continent called Sri Lanka. Once upon a time, considered as the granary of the Eastern World. As for centuries, farmers there used to largely produce rice. Not only to feed the country but also the world. Today […]
by Ifham Nizam http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2016/12/25/do-or-die-battle-looms-at-uma-oya/ Farmers cannot be sidelined in a country which is dependent on agriculture Recent landslides in Koslanda could in fact be a result of the Uma Oya project as well Uma Oya project is witnessing large scale land grabbing by politicians Uma Oya Project: Development or disaster… Plans are underway to stage a massive protest against the […]