The Health Ministry said yesterday a total of 7,948 dengue cases with 69 deaths had been reported so far this year.

 

The Colombo City is facing the worst dengue epidemic ever Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said yesterday revealing that there had been 195 cases reported this month.

CMC which dropped a bomb shell, said in and round the National Hospital Colombo, Military Hospital and vicinity of the Colombo Port had been identified as the major mosquito breeding grounds in the city.

There had been 885 repor

A top regional scientist says Sri Lanka should avoid excessive importation of cars as Colombo was facing detrimental health and environmental conditions.

New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment Research and Advocacy Director Anumita Roychowdhury says South Asian cities have the chance to grow differently and avert the increasing air pollution crisis that produce dangerous chemicals b

New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and TVE Asia Pacific jointly organise a media briefing in Colombo on the Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian Cities . Colombo, like Delhi, is facing a serious air pollution problem – toxic risk from rapidly growing numbers of vehicles, many of which run on diesel.

This document contains the presentation by O A Ileperuma of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka at Second country media briefing on “Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian cities” held in Colombo on 27 April 2011, organized by CSE and TVE Asia Pacific.

New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and TVE Asia Pacific jointly organise a media briefing in Colombo on the Challenges of Air Quality and Mobility Management in South Asian Cities . Colombo, like Delhi, is facing a serious air pollution problem – toxic risk from rapidly growing numbers of vehicles, many of which run on diesel.

Colombo Declaration to provide increased access to sanitation adopted at the end of SACOSAN IV

The SAARC sanitation summit has decided to establish a national body in each country to

Every year around 11,000 new Tuberculosis (TB) patients are discovered and 2,000 of them are from Colombo.

A Waste Management Project is to be launched in the Karadiyana area in Piliyandala to solve the garbage problem in the Colombo District, according to Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatu

The Health Ministry says that fifty percent institutions and schools within the Colombo City area have mosquito larvae and possible mosquito breeding places.

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