President knows, Neluwa power plant is illegal - Daya Neththsinghe
Jul 15, 2016
It is reported by media personnel Daya Neththsinghe that the proposed power plant in the Neluwa region would cause a ruthless environmental vulnerability is a fact known to the President in charge of the environmental ministry. In this regard the President had called for a practicability report on the project which has been stalled and an attempt is made to recommence the project by the former senior minister Piyasena Gamage and a related group.
Considering the attack made on media personnel Daya Neththasinghe and the amount of destruction that would be caused to the environment, in an endeavour to elaborate on the dangers of the proposed power project in Neluwa region representatives of media organizations, environmental organizations and civil organizations had organized a media briefing in Colombo.
At this media briefing media personnel Daya Neththasinghe had added this to the media:
“During the month of March he and his team of media personnel had explained to the people of the severe environmental hazards that would be confronted by the public in the event the proposed power plant is constructed. These views had been made after the media personnel and environmentalists had made a survey and after studying the report they had conveyed the dangers of the proposed project. The assault on him had been made then.
Owing to protests made by the media personnel and environmentalists the work on the project was stalled. But even after the presidential election was lost the senior minister in charge of the environmental ministry Piyasena Gamage had made unacceptable influence on the officials of the ministry to continue the work in the project by sending a letter to the Director of Irrigation”. This was emphasised by Daya Neththasinghe at the media briefing.
At this media briefing environmentalist Ravindra Kariyawasam, media personnel Chandana Sirimalwatta and the secretary of the Sri Lanka teachers association Joseph Starling also had aired views
