Minister suspends road construction across Sinharaja
September 15, 2011 02:57 pm
Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has ordered to stop the road construction from Imbulkanda to Suriyakanda across the Sinharaja Reserve until he returns. The Minister is currently participating the UNHRC sessions in Geneva.
According to Environmentalists, the proposed road would affect the Bio diversity of the Forest reserve causing genetic changes to the Endemic Fauna and Flora.