Court of Appeal vacates eviction against Northern Power Plant employees returning to work

Court of Appeal vacates eviction against Northern Power Plant employees returning to work

April 4th, 2015

The order of eviction issued by the Mallakam Magistrate against the Northern Power Plant in Chunnakam preventing its employees from reporting to work has been vacated by the Court of Appeal. The order will be in effect from Monday 06 April.

The Jaffna High Court on 20 February allowed the Northern Power Co (Pvt) Ltd’s parent company MTD Walkers PLC’s Revision Application to restore the status quo on the illegal eviction of employees from the Chunnakkam Power Plant.

The Company was hopeful that its generation operation too would be allowed following the request made to the High Court of Jaffna when the case is recalled early April.

Meanwhile, the Expert Committee appointed by the Northern Provincial Council to study the water contamination issue in Jaffna reported that regional groundwater in and around Chunnakam, Jaffna, does not consist of any dangerous pollutants.

“The announcement by the Expert Committee appointed by the Northern Provincial Council to study the water contamination issue in Jaffna; that there are no dangerous septic pollutants in the groundwater, is a major relief to the people of the Northern Province,” said MTD Walkers PLC Director/CEO Lal Perera.

The announcement was made public by the four-member Expert Committee comprising Dr. K. Velayathamoorthy (Department of Chemistry of the University of Jaffna), Dr. Nalina Gnanavelraja (Faculty of Agriculture), Dr. A. Athputharajah (Head of the Faculty of Engineering) and Dr. T. Jeyasingham (University of East) on 20 March in Jaffna.