Hundreds of Navy, Coast Guard and Army personnel have been deployed to assist the employees of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation in the cleanup operation that is taking place under the purview of the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA).
According to the government news portal, clean up operations along the coastal area of Dikovita continued for the second day as a leak in a pipeline carrying oil to the Muthurajawela Oil Refinery Complex polluted the beach stretch.
New vessels of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard gifted by the Japanese government, 'Samaraksha' and 'Samudra Raksha' are also being deployed in the clean-up involved in the cleanup operation.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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