Latest update on the Jaffna water contamination crisis

Wednesday, 11 February 2015 

Environmentalist and Northern Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Irrigation and Environment Ponnudurai Ayngaranesan is quoted in today's newspaper (Uthayan) condemning the misinformation campaign against the power plant, stating that the protests are politically-motivated and requesting the public to uphold law and order till the results of scientific study is made public.

MTD Walkers PLC has just issued this URGENT press release as workers of the Northern Power Plant in Chunnakkam, has been evicted from the premises, due to an order which the Company has challenged in the High Court of Jaffna, as being ultra-vires and mala fide.

Furthermore, some of the parties with vested interest, are trying to aggravate the issue by expanding the problem to Colombo by organizing a protest scheduled for coming Sunday in Wellawatte.