SC Re-Fixes Petition Against  Garbage Dumping  at Muthurajawela on 2 November

Thirty-five Petitioners who are residents of the close proximity of Muthurajawela sanctuary cited the Colombo Municipal Council, its Commissioner, Urban Development Authority, Central Environment Authority, Wattala Pradeshiya Sabha, Commissioner General of Department of Agrarian Development, Director General of Department of Wildlife Conservation, Irrigation Department Director General, Assistant Divisional Secretary, Geological Survey and Mines Bureau and the Attorney General as Respondents in the case filed  in Supreme Court .

In their petition they stated Muthurajawela is a declared sanctuary and the region supports 192 distinct species of flora and 209 distinct species of fauna and another 102 species of birds. Further it stated that it is also a large paddy fields amounts to 635 acres and consist of water canals, marsh lands and mangroves amounts to 7,000 acres and the forest.

The Supreme Court Bench comprised Justices B.P.Aluvihara and Priyantha Jayawardane yesterday re-fixed support on November 2  to consider granting of leave to proceed with the Fundamental Rights petition against the impugned steps to dump garbage in the Muthurajawela sanctuary.