Clombo Page, 2/20/2005
Feb 20, Colombo: The North Western Province Provincial Council has decided to ban sand mining in Kalpitiya Peninsula, Puttalam district, with immediate effect. The decision has received the approval of Christian Affairs Minister Milroy Fernando. The residents of Kalpitiya, Mundel and Daluwa have protested illegal sand mining, a threat to their existence. “We have decided to ban the sand mining with immediate effect,” Minister Fernando said. But the police say they have not received any instructions to that effect, adding that they have only received an order from the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau regarding a ban on mining and transport of sand in some areas of the peninsula.
Feb 20, Colombo: The North Western Province Provincial Council has decided to ban sand mining in Kalpitiya Peninsula, Puttalam district, with immediate effect. The decision has received the approval of Christian Affairs Minister Milroy Fernando. The residents of Kalpitiya, Mundel and Daluwa have protested illegal sand mining, a threat to their existence. “We have decided to ban the sand mining with immediate effect,” Minister Fernando said. But the police say they have not received any instructions to that effect, adding that they have only received an order from the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau regarding a ban on mining and transport of sand in some areas of the peninsula.
