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
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/encroached-area-kolonnawa-marshland
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-encroachments
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land