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Illicit sand mining in Ma Oya causes environmental havoc [1]

Due to rampant illicit sand mining in Ma Oya the lands on either side of it have been eroded and washed into the stream and the sea at Kochchikade.Hence thousands of people who make a livelihood fr

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
The Island (Sri Lanka) [2]
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Sri Lanka [3], South Asia [4], Mining [5], Soil Erosion [6], Illegal Trade [7], Environment [8]

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