අකිත පෙරේරා
සිංහරාජ වනාන්තර භූමිය ආශ්‍රිතව ඉදිකෙරෙන මාර්ගය වහාම නවත්වන ලෙස පරිසර ඇමැති අනුර ප්‍රියදර්ශන යාපා මහතා නියෝග කර ඇත.
ඊට අදාළ ගැසට්‌ පත්‍රය සහ කැබිනට්‌ පත්‍රය වහාම සකස්‌ කරන ලෙසද ඇමැතිවරයා වන සංරක්‌ෂණ ජනරාල්වරයාට ඊයේ (15 වැනිදා) උපදෙස්‌ ලබා දී තිබේ.
යෝජිත මාර්ගය හේතුවෙන් ලෝක උරුමයක්‌ වන සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරයේ ඒකාග්‍රතාව බිඳ වැටෙන බැවින් අදාළ පියවරගත් බව පරිසර ඇමැති අනුර ප්‍රියදර්ශන මහතා "දිවයින" ට පැවසීය.
සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය ආශ්‍රිත සංරක්‌ෂිත කලාපය හරහා කිලෝමීටර් හතක්‌ පමණ දිග මාර්ගයක්‌ ඉලුඹකන්දේ සිට සූරියකන්ද දක්‌වා ඉදිකිරීමට කලින් සැළසුම් කර තිබිණි.
මෙම සංරක්‌ෂිත ප්‍රදේශය වන සංරක්‌ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවට පවරා ගන්නා ලෙස ද ඇමැතිවරයා උපදෙස්‌ ලබාදී ඇත.
http://www.divaina.com/2011/09/16/news09.html
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Minister orders halt to road project
Disna MUDALIGE
Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has ordered to immediately halt the construction of the road through Ilumbakanda forest adjacent to the Sinharaja World Heritage rain forest site, which is the subject of much controversy.
The minister soon after his arrival to the country after participating in the UNHRC meeting in Geneva paid prompt attention to this matter and ordered all parties involved in this road development project not to proceed with it.
He had taken this decision after examining that the proposed road segregates the illumbakanda forest reserve which is linked with the Sinharaja forest reserve, and this endangers the rich biodiversity of the forest. The minister has also directed the Forest Conservation Department (FCD) Conservator General to formulate the gazette notification and the Cabinet paper to take over the forest land belonging to the Land Reforms Commission to the FCD.
This action as pointed out by environmentalists is a long overdue and much awaited initiative.
The initial proposal was presented in 2004 by Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa when he was the Plantation Industries Minister.
The proposed 6km road was planned from Ilumbakanda to Suriyakanda to join Kalawana and Kolonna electoral seats. Many environmental activists expressed their strong opposition to this project and the Conservator General had given directions to halt the project. This matter was brought to the notice of the Minister and he had decided to take stern action against the persons involved in this project.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/16/news14.asp
Disna MUDALIGE
Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has ordered to immediately halt the construction of the road through Ilumbakanda forest adjacent to the Sinharaja World Heritage rain forest site, which is the subject of much controversy.
The minister soon after his arrival to the country after participating in the UNHRC meeting in Geneva paid prompt attention to this matter and ordered all parties involved in this road development project not to proceed with it.
He had taken this decision after examining that the proposed road segregates the illumbakanda forest reserve which is linked with the Sinharaja forest reserve, and this endangers the rich biodiversity of the forest. The minister has also directed the Forest Conservation Department (FCD) Conservator General to formulate the gazette notification and the Cabinet paper to take over the forest land belonging to the Land Reforms Commission to the FCD.
This action as pointed out by environmentalists is a long overdue and much awaited initiative.
The initial proposal was presented in 2004 by Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa when he was the Plantation Industries Minister.
The proposed 6km road was planned from Ilumbakanda to Suriyakanda to join Kalawana and Kolonna electoral seats. Many environmental activists expressed their strong opposition to this project and the Conservator General had given directions to halt the project. This matter was brought to the notice of the Minister and he had decided to take stern action against the persons involved in this project.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/16/news14.asp
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