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 …
Rice is not only the staple food of Sri Lanka, but also a part and parcel of the rural livelihood of the country. The Government of Sri Lanka has introduced a number of policies and programs to increase paddy production since independence. The fertilizer subsidy program is one of the …
Nearly 260 billion rupees has been spent to provide drinking water facilities for the public, the government says. Implementation of urban water supply schemes has provided 1.2 million families with the drinking water facilities. In addition rural water supply schemes implemented in 2,241 Grama Niladari Divisions during the last 4 …
The Re-awakening Project launched under the Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development Ministry with World Bank financial assistance has taken the initiative to rehabilitate the main four irrigation schemes in the Northern Province at a cost of Rs 835 million, Project Director P.H. Sugathadasa said. The project has allocated Rs …
The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society launched a public awareness project on influenza A HI NI throughout the island to educate the people about the measures that they should focus on to protect themselves in the backdrop of the spread of A H1 N1 Addressing a news conference held in …
Only Rs 34,000 million was allocated to the health sector in Sri Lanka in 2004 under the UNP regime. This Government allocated Rs 89,000 million for this sector in 2009. Healthy nation * Rs. 2,400 m spent for modern medical equipment * Over new 5,000 doctors during past four years …
Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 100 million loan agreement recently to launch the Greater Colombo Wastewater Management Project. The project aims to upgrade the sewerage infrastructure under the Colombo Municipal Council in the Greater Colombo Area and strengthen its institutional and operational capacity as …
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka said at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark that South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is concerned about the adverse effects of climate change in the South Asia region and stressed that the region has made no contribution to …
The Appeal Court and the Supreme Court dismissed two plaints a Non-Governmental environmental organization and several petitioners had filed against auctioning of the gem deposit in Kalu Ganga in the vicinity of Raddella and Kahangama, Ratnapura, by the National Gem and Jewellery Authority for one year, a media release from …
Over 60,000 families have been affected by floods following heavy rains, especially in the North and East provinces, National Disaster Management Centre sources said. Arrangements have been made to distribute dry rations and provide temporary accommodation to the flood victims, sources added. Meanwhile, the Meteorology Department ann- ounced that the …
Sri Lankan government is committed to provide support facilities to dairy farmers in the country to improve their trade with the goal of achieving self-sufficiency, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Addressing over 3,000 dairy farmers from all over the country at Temple Trees yesterday (15), the President said his goal was …
Over 300, 000 people in Eastern Sri Lanka have been displaced due to the flash floods brought on by the weakened tropical storm system over the northeastern region of the country. Pradeep Kodippily, assistant director of the National Disaster Management Center (NDMC) told media that 302,835 people have been displaced …
Sri Lanka is to strike oil and gas as soon as the report on 3 D seismic studies are completed within two months. The study would enable to ascertain how much hydrocarbon deposits are available in the Mannar Basin. It is expected that the first barrel of oil could be …
This report aims at developing a common action plan that would facilitate public-private partnerships (PPP) for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in East Asia, based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders. Its outputs include: a report of the current state of PPPs for DRR in East …
Hambantota District is a major paddy (rice) producing area in the southern coastal region of Sri Lanka. Communities here have been experiencing salt water intrusion into their rice fields, leading to reduced yields. This has been caused largely by seawater contamination of irrigation systems. Farmers had been using saline-resistant varieties …
This report starts with a description of the methodology followed in the Wastewater Agriculture and Sanitation for Poverty Alleviation (WASPA) in Asia Project, including the overall project approach and some key concepts applied. It then describes the context of the two study areas, Rajshahi in Bangladesh and Kurunegala in Sri …
This study sets out the importance of analysing a specific situation in order to develop a holistic strategy of interventions which will be appropriate to the vectors and the local conditions. The strategies proposed recognise the importance of community participation, health education, surveillance, improving public health systems, decentralization of malaria …
One of the major barriers to addressing complex social–ecological issues through integrated coastal management (ICM) is a lack of intergovernmental coordination and cooperation (horizontal and vertical fragmentation). This article describes an effort to overcome the barriers to ICM in Sri Lanka by fostering intergovernmental collaboration and initiating adaptive governance to …
