Disaster Services - Sri Lanka

Coal Power Plants are Ecological Disasters by C D Mathews Sri Lanka economic losses from disasters total 0.2-pct of GDP a year: Study x "coal combustion waste in the USA is the second largest waste stream after municipal solid waste. It is disposed of in landfills or surface impoundments. As rain filters through the toxic ash pits year after year, the toxic metals are leached out into the local environment.....' Source -  http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Coal-power-plants-are-ecological-disasters-152411.html

In this informative site, the human factor in climate change and disasters is assessed.   https://givingcompass.org/disaster-relief-recovery/climate-change-and-disasters-the-human-factor/

Relief net captures the facts and figures of the recent Floods and Landslides in Sri Lanka https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2018-000060-lka

Tamil Journalism Class and Meeting of Samsudeen Fazal  I was able to join the class, of upgrading Tamil journalism in the central province of Sri Lanka at Akurana, a two days program on 2018.07.07/08 starting at 9.00am. The class was lectured by Seevagan Poopalaratnam (London BBC Tamil news editor)  Mob: 071-3999091 – London: 0044 77 69 35 44 09 Email:seevagan@hotmail.com  /  www.arangamnews.com The subject was: How to do research, Television, and radio Remark: we went to meet two persons who met with an accident in Akurana. This taught us to take photos and videos from that place and articulate a report. The programme helped us to also structure an interview and present the findings in a suitable manner. And one person contacted me over the phone on Saturday. He said to me I like to see you but I can’t because he told me that he could not see or walk in a condition that could not happen anyway. In my eyes, tears dropped As soon as I went to his home in the ho

In March 2018, mob violence visited pockets in an East to West arc from 5-20 kilometres North of Kandy. The state is obligated to ensure the safety of its citizens and it failed to do so. In spite of urgent warnings of impending violence and reassurances by senior officials, the Police were bystanders at critical junctures. Now, at a minimum, the state is obligated to restore the property, health and well-being of the affected expeditiously.  After 100 days, there is cause for alarm...... http://groundviews.org/2018/06/24/is-the-state-grossly-underestimating-the-losses-from-the-mob-violence-in-kandy/