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Environment Minister orders immediate probe into construction near Muthurajawela Sanctuary
By Ifham Nizam
Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday instructed the Central Environmental Authority and the Ministry of Wildlife to deploy teams to investigate the construction work being carried out near the Muthurajawela Sanctuary.
The Minister ordered the investigations to be carried out immediately to check the legal status of any construction work being carried out by an individual near the Muthurajawela Sanctuary and whether such constructions were causing damage to the Muthurajawela Sanctuary and its induction zone.
The issue was taken up at the first State Ministerial Sub-Committee Meeting of the Presidential Task Force on a Green Economy held at the Ministry of Environment yesterday under the chairmanship of Minister of Environment.
State Minister of Wildlife and Elephant Fence Construction Wimalaweera Dissanayake, Secretary to the Ministry of Environment Dr. Anil Jasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of State General Palitha Fernando and other officials were also present at the discussion. The Minister also inquired about the construction work being carried out by the Ministry of Wildlife near Muthurajawela.
It was revealed at the discussion that the construction work was being carried out at a place called Nonagewela outside the Muthurajawela Sanctuary. Minister Amaraweera said that before any construction was carried out, an environmental report should be obtained.
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Cabinet approves debt restructuring between Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Private Limited and the Government of Sri Lanka
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the President in his capacity as Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic
Development, to enter into an agreement on debt restructuring with the Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Private Limited.
HThe Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development to conduct the
national productivity award competition under the main sectors: school, public, production, and services from the year 2025/26 as a strategic methodology to achieve the objectives of the national project “Clean Sri Lanka” of the present government.
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation to submit the draft bill of the National Transport Commission Act No. 37 of 1991 to the Parliament after publishing it in the government gazette.
Cabinet approves debt restructuring between Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Private Limited and the Government of Sri Lanka
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