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Tropicoir Lanka and SLLDC in Eco-friendly Lakeshore Conservation

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2 years ago

2021/04/4

Tropicoir Lanka (Pvt) Ltd launched a pilot project to protect the Diyawanna lakeshore using coconut fibre-based erosion control products with the Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation (SLLDC).

The company provided all the required material, technical knowledge and expertise free of charge.

The SLLDC is promoting 100% local bio-degradable products to conserve fauna, flora and the environment.

Erosion Control Products such as geotextile (coir netting) and coir logs are natural coconut fibres designed to provide soil stabilization and support on riverbanks, slopes, steams, hillsides and other erosion-prone areas.

Offering a high level of strength and reinforcement, coir fiber rolls feature densely packed mattress coir fibers that are placed inside a tubular coir twine netting. Both components are all natural and bio-degradable, making coir logs safe for the surrounding environment. This is an ecological method of erosion control.

Using coir geotextiles and coir logs in environmental conservation is a many decades old practice in the western world. Commercial implementation of such projects with government intervention has the potential to drive the fibre industry towards greater value-addition and generate more employment opportunities.

Apart from its environmental benefits, it is beneficial to the economy in terms of foreign exchange savings as these products are made in Sri Lanka.

Unlike stones, concrete and other materials widely used, these are light in weight and could be moved into places with limited/narrow access through land and water making it an ideal solution to preserve urban waterways.

Once coir geotextile and logs are securely installed using proper techniques, these natural materials will bio-degrade within three to five years allowing the vegetation to take over the protection restringing its natural ecosystem.

Preservation of flora and fauna happens due to its natural tendency to allow quick growth of vegetation thereby providing a haven to birds and other forms of life. Conserving the waterways in Colombo using this eco-friendly method will enhance its natural beauty and can be turned into tourist attractions.

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Stay on course and don’t go back to the past – Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy

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8 hours ago

2023/03/24

Priyan

Former Governor of the Central Bank delivering the keynote address at a high profile Webinar hosted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka today (24) said that Sri Lanka must implement the structural reforms proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without relaxing like in the past or else we will be in a deeper economic mess.

The webinar was titled ‘What is next for Sri Lanka in the wake of the IMF programme’

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Sustainable economic development goals cannot be achieved unless attention is paid to mitigating climate change – Sagala Ratnayake

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8 hours ago

2023/03/24

Priyan

President’s Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake said sustainable economic development goals cannot be accomplished without taking steps to mitigate climate change.

He said this while participating in the 10,000 sapling planting program organized by the LEO Youth Vision 2048 Club and the LEO Club at the Royal College, Colombo on Thursday (23rd).

This program was organized in view of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s birthday, which is today (24), and the required plants were distributed to the main schools of the Colombo District.

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SF claims thousands of police and military personnel leaving

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20 hours ago

2023/03/24

Thilina Walpola

By Saman Indrajith

Thousands of police and military personnel had left the services recently as they did not want to carry out illegal orders, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament yesterday. According to the war-winning army commander 200 policemen have resigned during the past two months and 25,000 soldiers have left the army during the last two years.

“We urged the law enforcement and military officials not to follow illegal orders. We will reinstate them with back pay,” he said.

Fonseka also urged the President and the government MPs not to take people for fools.

“Sri Lanka owes 55 billion dollars to the world. Ranil’s plan is to borrow another seven billion during the next four years. So, in four years we will owe 62 billion to the world.

Ranil and his ministers ask us what the alternative to borrowing is. These are the people who destroyed the economy and society. They must leave. Then, we will find an alternative and develop the country,” he said, adding that the IMF loans had made crises in other nations worse.

“Ranil says that by 2025, we will have a budget surplus as in Japan, Germany and South Korea. These countries are economic power houses, and this comparison is ludicrous.”