Fire destroys 35 acres of forest land
Around 35 acres of forest was destroyed on Saturday in a fire that erupted in the protected areas of the Castlereagh reservoir and Devon Falls. Police suspect that the fire has been deliberately caused
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Bad weather affects 89,868
The number affected by bad weather has risen to 89,868, Disaster Management Centre sources said. The sources said as of noon yesterday, 89,868 people belonging to 20,720 families have been affected by
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Australian funding to make more Sri Lankan towns resilient to disasters
The Australian government will provide Rs 130 million to improve planning and community resilience in four disaster prone cities, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya and Akkaraipattu. The latest funding is
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City development project launched
The Anuradhapura Urban Council has embarked on a Pivithuru Purawaraya (Clean City) city development programme, with the aim of creating a pleasant and environment friendly locality. The project, a brain
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More water supply projects in North
The government has given priority to launch sanitation projects apart from community water supply projects in the Northern Province,Water Supply and Drainage Minister Dinesh Gunawardane said. He was
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Changes to National Environment Act
The National Environment Act will undergo a complete overhaul to rectify its loopholes and strengthen its provisions, Central Environment Authority (CEA) Deputy Director (Legal) D A Ruwan Pathirana said.
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Aitken Spence Travels Certified as Carbon Neutral for 2012
Aitken Spence Travels Ltd (ASTL), Sri Lanka’s largest inbound tourism operator, was awarded the ‘Carbon Neutral’ Certificate at a formal ceremony held at the Central Environmental Authority last week.
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Solar Power based electricity for Mannar mooted
Plans are afoot to promote solar power based electricity, specially in the fields of agricultural and irrigation development in the Mannar district. This plan is also expected to provide solar power
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North and East fully electrified by end 2014
The government is to spend Rs.5,900 million to supply electricity to the Northern Province and all arrangements are in place to fulfill the total electricity requirement in the Mannar, Vavuniya and Jaffna
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WB gives $ 200 m for health sector services
The World Bank approved yesterday a concessionary loan of US $ 200 million to Sri Lanka for the Second Health Sector Development Project (SHSDP) to help the Sri Lankan government to upgrade the standards
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Disasters caused $186 bn in damage last year
Natural and man-made disasters caused $186 billion (152 billion euros) in damages worldwide last year, according to a calculation released on Wednesday by the Swiss re-insurance group Swiss Re. Of that