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Encroached area of Kolonnawa Marshland [1]

Residential area built on part of the Kolonnawa marshland, Sri Lanka. Colombo’s marshes cannot avert floods the way they used to. Construction is to be blamed

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Sri Lanka [2], Land Encroachments [3], South Asia [4], Land [5]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-encroachments
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land