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
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
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CARE served tsunami hit people
According to the year 2000 statistics there have been only 21 widows hit this amount has now increased more than ten folds, said Suneeka Perera addressing the journalists in Hambantota district at Chandrika Hotel Tissamaharama. It was organised by the Hambantota branch of CARE International. She said that the ten year period from 1975-1985 has been declared the World Women's decade.
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Homagama gets Rs. 8.5 m water supply scheme
People in the Western Province are duty bound to give a proper and strong answer to foreign forces and local conspirators trying to give oxygen to the terrorists who are breathing their last in the face of advancing Security Forces, Urban Development and Sacred Area Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said.
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Project to develop 31 rural roads
The Hakmana Pradeshiya Sabha has taken measures to develop 31 rural roads in the Hakmana area under the "Maga Neguma" development project. The Ministry of Road Development has voted Rs. 20.5 million for this project.
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Colombo garbage to be dumped in Peliyagoda
The garbage problem that affected the Colombo city for the past few days has now been addressed by the Colombo Municipal Council as a new dumping site at Peliyagoda was found, Municipal Commissioner, Colombo, Bhadrani Jayawardena told the Daily News yesterday.
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Homagama gets Rs. 8.5 m water supply scheme
People in the Western Province are duty bound to give a proper and strong answer to foreign forces and local conspirators trying to give oxygen to the terrorists who are breathing their last in the face of advancing Security Forces, Urban Development and Sacred Area Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said.
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WB helps to irrigate Mannar
The irrigation re-awakening project with the World Bank assistance of Rs.385 million has taken initiatives to rehabilitate Giants Tank, one of the major irrigation tanks in the Mannar district, Project Director P.H. Sugathadasa said at a progress review meeting at the site last week.
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Safe drinking water project
Safe water will be made available to 58,500 people in the Polonnaruwa district by the Polonnaruwa Water Supply Scheme under the Township Infrastructure Development Project in 2011.
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Colombo tops TB deaths
Colombo city is the Tuberculosis (TB) breeding and distributing centre. Every year, 350 persons die from TB in Sri Lanka and 50 are from the Colombo city. Twenty percent of TB patients in Sri Lanka are from Colombo and 80 percent from all the other parts of the country, Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry sources said.
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Tougher action to address garbage problem
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka and Urban Development Minister Dinesh Gunawardena to step up action to address the country's growing garbage problem at a special meeting held at Temple Trees.