US Ambassador Julie Chung joined volunteers on Saturday to clean the beach at Crow Island in Mattakkuliya in view of World Coastal Cleanup Day.
The Western Province Ministry of Local Government, the Environmental Police Unit of the Sri Lanka Police, the Western Province Waste Management Authority and the organisation Clean Ocean Force were among those whose volunteers were in attendance at the beach cleanup.
Officials said 700 kilograms of plastic bottles 2 metric tonnes of other garbage was removed during cleanup operations on that day alone.
Text and Pix by Reka Tharangani Fonseka
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
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In its first electoral test since taking power, the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) fell short of expectations, winning only around 40 % of the national vote in Tuesday’s local government election and falling short of enough seats to gain control of the majority of councils.
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