People protest against the proposed Gannoruwa power plant

Aug 22, 2016

It is reported that against the proposed hydro power plant to be built across the Mahaweli river in Waratenna area in Gannoruwa  the people have protested considering the environmental hazards faced in the afternoon of the  21st instant. The protest had been carried out in close proximity to the vicinity of the proposed project on the main road.

It is reported that of this project is allowed to get underway a number of environmental hazards would have be faced as predicted by various environmentalists a number of times.

 

It is learnt that a number of times the authorities had attempted to construct this hydro power station but with the protests of the residents the proposed project had not got underway. The related private Company had not been allowed to get the proposed project under way.

 

In the event this project gets underway owing to explosions caused by breaking the rubble would cause tremor resulting in damaging the existing buildings was what the protestors had focussed on. In this regard although the institutions responsible had forecasted the damage the authorities of the government had not responded to them. The residents had said that was the very reason they had made such protests.

 

The protestors had walked from the vicinity of the proposed project along the road to near the bridge and protested for about an hour.