Dumping waste at Aruwakkalu to resume after Rosy's letter

The dumping of waste from Colombo at the Aruwakkalu Sanitary Landfill site will resume from today (Oct 16), Megapolis Ministry Secretary Nihal Rupasinghe said.

He noted that the ministry, had reversed its decision to discontinue the process, after the Colombo Mayoress, in a letter, had admitted her fault for expressing critical remarks against the project.

Yesterday the ministry sent a letter to the Colombo Municipal Council, stating that they would discontinue the process after Colombo Mayoress Rosy Senanayake had made critical remarks on the landfill site.

The Mayoress, speaking to a local media, was quoted as saying that the Aruwakkalu Sanitary Landfill is a “failed project” and that “ministers have started taking ransom” from her.

“The statement made by Her Worship the Mayoress is very disturbing and implies that Colombo Municipal Council is capable of finding a better solution for dumping their waste,” Rupasinghe said in yesterday's letter.

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