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Control Flooding in Colombo

Published by vijay on May 05, 2007

We, the undersigned, call upon the government of Sri Lanka to take urgent and concrete steps to prevent such flood situations in the future. These steps can include but not limited to:

Appoint a high powered parlimentary/technical committee(s) to identify the causes and make recommendations

Assign clear accountability in terms of maintainance of drainage systems and flood water outlets from the city

Introduce strict regulations to prevent the filling of land without an environmental assessment with ablity to re-claim illegally filled reservation areas

Invest in preventative measures such as enhancing the main water outlets, creating pump stations etc.

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