The government has invited the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to help develop the Colombo City Mass Rapid Transit Project.
The DMRC which had prepared a feasibility report for the project would be soon sending a team of senior officials led by Managing Director E. Sreedharan to Sri Lanka for further discussions.
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has decided to take legal action against those who dispose of garbage along the streets of Colombo from June 15.
In a statement, CMC said they would also take legal action against people who allow the creation of environments conducive for the breeding of dengue mosquitoes, so as to control the rapid spread of the disease.
The number of dengue victims and deaths from Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) continued to rise to epidemic proportions, with 75 deaths and approximately 5,500 patients reported island wide up to yesterday.
A dengue eradication house to house campaign in the Colombo city will be started on Sunday at the Colombo Municipal Council by a group comprising Municipal Council staff, United Nurses' Union and Police Community Service, Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner Badrani Jayawardena told the Daily News yesterday.
While some local authourities said yesterday they were on alert to prevent the fast-spreading Swine Flu reaching Sri Lanka, some others stressed the need to fight diseases such as dengue which has already affected the Hambantota and Galle districts.
Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) authourities said they were carrying out tests on Pigs before they were slaughtered at the abattoir in Colombo.
A Ukraine tourist and his Sri Lankan guide were taken into custody by Wildlife Conservation officials in Minneriya for allegedly collecting butterflies and several species of other insects endemic to Sri Lanka.
To achieve rapid growth, governments must promote economic integration which, at its core, is about the mobility of people, products, and ideas.
Senior Economist, World Bank Somik V. Lall said that instead of worrying about the size of metropolises, cities and towns, the World Development Report 2009 (WDR) calls for policymakers to worry about making sure that these places work well.
The construction activities of the Kelani Ganga right- bank water supply project that will cost Rs. 8,100 million will be launched on April 19, Water Supply Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told the Daily News yesterday.
The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry and the Urban Development Authority will take over the control of the four of Sri Lanka's largest waste dumping sites from respective Municipal Councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas in keeping with a Cabinet decision to manage urban solid waste on a firm footing, said Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka.
Referring to the garbage crisis in the Colombo City, the Former Opposition Leader of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Vasudeva Nanayakkara charged yesterday that no one is taking steps to stop the thuggery of Minister Mervyn Silva who had stopped dumping of garbage in Peliyagoda.
