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Sri Lanka’s first thrash-fired power plant inaugurated
By Ifham Nizam
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday inaugurated the first ever power plant that produces electricity from solid waste incineration.
The plant is expected to utilise 700 tonnes of garbage daily and add 10 megawatts to the national grid. The Colombo Municipal Council’s solid waste division would supply garbage on a daily basis for the project. Aitken Spence Group has spent Rs. 15 billion to construct the plant in Kerawalapitiya. The group is confident of converting between 600 and 800 tonnes of Colombo waste into energy.
Power and Energy Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said that it was a crucial moment in the energy revolution here. “What we are doing today is not just reviving the national power system. This event will go down in history as a giant step towards the dream of a beautiful nation that loves the environment.”
Speaking at the handing over of the first solid waste power plant at Kerawalapitiya to the nation, Alahapperuma said that providing lasting solutions to the country’s energy problem by developing renewable energy in line with the vision of prosperity could be described as an ideal solution to the country’s waste problem as well.
“When we entered the 21st century, we had only hydropower and thermal power, but as we entered the second decade of the 21st century, a lot of changes have taken place. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is a leader who has made many decisions beneficial to the country Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, Wildlife and Forest Conservation Minister C.B. Ratnayake, State Minister of Solar, Wind and Hydro Generation Projects Development Duminda Dissanayake, State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation Waste Disposal and Community Sanitation Nalaka Godahewa, State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education Research and Innovation Nimal Lanza, Governor of the Western Province Roshan Goonetileke, Mayor of Colombo Rosy Senanayake, Chairman of Aitken Spence Harry Jayawardena, Power and Energy Ministry, Secretary Wasantha Perera and CEB Chairman Vijitha Herath were also present.
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The cabinet approves agreement on mutual legal cooperation in criminal matters between the Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea
Approval has been granted at the cabinet meeting held on 11-12-2023 to sign an agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Government of Sri Lanka regarding mutual cooperation
in criminal matters.
However, according to the aforementioned approval, the relevant agreement could not be signed between both parties.
Through this agreement, opportunities will be provided
for mutual assistance to other countries in handing over judicial documents and collecting evidence for the use of criminal case matters.
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution provided by the Minister of Justice and National Integration to sign an agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Government of Sri Lanka to cooperate in criminal matters.
Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance No. 3 of 1897 is the principle law that regulates the prevention of the spread of communicable diseases and the implementation of quarantine measures.
However, at present, it has been observed that the risk of spreading communicable diseases across borders have significantly increased due to considerable increase in the
international and domestic movement of persons, goods, and services and frequent international travel and trade have led communicable diseases spread rapidly between countries.
Accordingly, although cabinet approval was granted in the 2016 to amend the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance No. 3 of 1897, the relevant amendment bills have not been presented to Parliament.
Therefore, as per the proposal made by the Minister of Health and Mass Media, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the appointment of a Review Committee to study the amendment bill that has been prepared and propose suitable amendments to meet the current health challenges as well as challenges that may arise in the future, taking into consideration the experience obtained during the epidemic situations that have occurred in the past.
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal submitted by the President to make a donation of United States Dollars One million as humanitarian and economic relief to the government of Nepal
The cabinet approves agreement on mutual legal cooperation in criminal matters between the Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Korea
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Amendment of the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance No. 3 of 1897
Cabinet approves donation of USD One Million to the Government of Nepal
Nahida, Marufa help Bangladesh brush aside Indonesia
Showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and Uva provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts
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