Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
The Centre is planning to reject the Pachauri panel report on the Sethusamudram project and set up a new committee to re-examine ‘Alignment 4A’ suggested by the Supreme Court. If needed, the panel will identify an alternative route that avoids the Ram Sethu. Walking a tightrope between ally DMK and …
State-run power producer NTPC Ltd’s overseas plans are likely to take a new turn this year. According to sources, work on its Sri Lanka project is likely to start by year- end, while an environmental impact study is going on for its Bangladesh project. Last year, both NTPC and the …
The Sri Lankan government plans to set up a center to conduct research on dengue which is spreading fast in the country. The proposed Center for Dengue Research is to be established at the Microbiology Department of the Medical Sciences Faculty at the Sri Jayewardenepura University at a cost of …
Chief of Sri Lanka's North Central Province Renal Diseases Prevention Unit Asanga Ranasinghe says that a programme is underway to map the renal diseases and patients using GPS technology. He said the programme aims to create a database that can be used to formulate measures related to the prevalence of …
Amid concerns about safety issues involving the nuclear plant in Kundakulam of South India, the government of Sri Lanka has raised its concerns with India and sought an immediate dialogue between the two sides to discuss the matter, officials said yesterday. External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunaratne Amunugama told Daily Mirror …
General Manager of Marine Environmental Protection Authority of Sri Lanka Rear Admiral S.R. Samaratunge says that the oil slick from the Cypress flagged cargo ship MV Thermopylae Sierra sank off the coast of Panadura cannot be contained. He told media that the exact place of the oil leak could not …
Fires that erupted on Tuesday night, in three forest reserves in Vavuniya and in two places in the Badulla district, destroyed over 30 acres of forest. However, they were brought under control. Disaster Management Centre, Deputy Director of Media Sarath Lal Kumara told The Island that in each reserve about …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the government to formulate a regulatory framework to control the quality of imported fertilizers and pesticides and test them for nephro-toxic agents such as arsenic and cadmium as they are known to cause kidney diseases. Research has shown that water in the North–Central …
Fires that erupted in a forest at Eravur and in a hill forest area in Wilgamuwa on Monday afternoon destroyed about 10 acres but were brought under control by yesterday afternoon. Disaster Management Centre, Deputy Director for media Sarath Lal Kumara said that the fires had not spread as the …
Environmentalists are up in arms against a proposed housing project, in the 36-acre mangroves associated with the Negombo lagoon. They claim that it would cause an outright environmental disaster. Director of the Environmental Conservation Trust Sajeewa Chamikara alleged that the land was a prime mangrove forest and the largest one …
A Cyprus ship that was anchored in the sea off Sri Lanka's west coast for some time pending the outcome of a court case has sunk completely creating a threat of severe sea pollution due to fuel in the ship's tanks. The Director General of Commercial Shipping of the Ministry …
The Sri Lankan government has installed five detectors across the island as part of an early warning system to detect a nuclear disaster in the event of a nuclear accident and alert the public. Following India's decision to expand the Kudankulam nuclear plant on the South Indian coast, the Sri …
According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, in 2011 alone, 302 hazards resulted in disasters that claimed almost 30,000 lives, affected over 206 million people and inflicted damage worth an estimated US $ 366 billion, said UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator Subinay Nandy in a speech to mark …
President Mahinda Rajapaksa commissioned the Thantirimale water supply scheme on Thursday. The water plant constructed at a cost of Rs 180 million caters to the Thantirimale Sacred City, surrounding villages and government institutions. The President simultaneously declared open the Sacred City water pond and the Thantirimale Archaeological Museum. The President …
Sri Lanka today launched another major irrigation project that would provide irrigational and drinking water facilities to the farming community in North Central and Eastern provinces. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremonially inaugurated the Yan Oya Reservoir Project today by launching the construction of the main levee of the reservoir …
District Secretary of Sri Lanka's hill country Nuwara Eliya D.P.G. Kumarasiri pointed out that the wild fires in the forests have damaged around 1,500 acres of indigenous forest cover. The official further said that all the wild fires that broke out in the area were man-made, according to the investigations. …
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today declared open the drinking water project constructed for the Thanthirimale sacred area and the villages located around it. The project at a cost of 180 million rupees was completely carried out by the local engineers. It will provide drinking water facilities for over 10,000 …
Landslides killed more than 32,000 people across the world from 2004 to 2010 - up to 10 times more than previously thought, the first detailed study of the disasters showed on Thursday. The new data on the scale of the problem should force governments to rethink how they dealt with …
The Power and Energy Ministry of Sri Lanka announced today that another 30 megawatts of electricity through wind power will be added to the national grid from Thursday (09). According to the Ministry, 30 megawatts of power is generated through three wind power plans in Kalpitiya of northwestern coast. The …
The Sri Lankan government has allocated 3.7 billion rupees to provide relief for the people affected by the current drought weather conditions. However, the Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera says more monies would have to be allocated as the areas being affected by the drought were increasing. The Minister has …
