Legal action be taken against factories built beside Kelani River without environmental reports

Friday, 23 October 2020 - 17:16

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Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has instructed the Central Environmental Authority to file a case against all factories and businesses built on both sides of the Kelani River without environmental reports. 
 

The Minister has instructed the authorities to pay attention to the disposal of waste that pollutes the Kelani River. 

Investigations have revealed that there are about 7,000 factories on both sides of the Kelani River from Kaduwela to the Peliyagoda Bridge and only 3,000 of them have obtained environmental reports. 

Accordingly, the Ministry of Environment stated that the Central Environmental Authority has deployed 13 teams to investigate the situation.

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