After the Meethotamulla garbage dump disaster Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka stated, that the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) was asked to stop dumping garbage at Meethotamulla. But they continue to dump garbage at Meethotamulla .
In response CMC Commissioner V.K. Anura yesterday denied that the UDA had asked the CMC to stop dumping garbage at Meethotamulla.
However, Minister Ranawaka in a Cabinet paper submitted in February had stated that the Urban Development Authority (UDA) formally informed the CMC in September 2015 to stop dumping garbage at Meethotumulla and “to identify a suitable dumping yard in order to resolve unrest of the community in the surrounding area.
He further stated that the “Kolonnawa garbage dumping yard had reached its carrying capacity and the yard had grown to a 40-50 metre garbage mountain, turning it into a hazard prone region”.
The Cabinet paper also mentioned that with the first formal notice not being responded to by the CMC, they had sent a second formal notice in December 2015. In a press release yesterday, Minister Ranawaka noted that the CMC had indeed published notices and found a few places but due to protests in the relevant area, they were not able to move garbage there.
Political Authorities and Government officials splitting hairs over the Meethotamulla garbage dump disaster. But lives are continued to be lost without seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
