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(c) Altair Sri Lanka
ALTAIR, the internationally acclaimed architectural icon, is on the cusp of completion. This breathtaking edifice which has
transformed the perception of Colombo from being a dreamy South Asian back
water to a pulsating cosmopolitan metropolis is the brainchild of the living
legend Moshe Safdie, creator of Marina Bay Sands and the Jewel in Singapore,
Tel Aviv’s Holocast Museum, Montreal’s Habitat 67,
Kauffman Centre Kansas, amongst others.
The soft opening of the common areas of ALTAIR was held last week under the auspicious of Hon. Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal
In order to protect Sri Lanka’s endangered water resources and environment, Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) launched the ‘Sayura Rakina Ralla’ (Protect the Sea) community-led programme. Under this umbrella initiative the organisation also launched the ‘Sayura Rakina Ralla’ Facebook page and a theme song to engage and educate the public on proper waste disposal and minimizing the use of non-biodegradable waste, thereby encouraging them to take a proactive approach in restoring the coastlines of Sri Lanka to its former glory.
In order to shed light on the country’s lack of correct waste disposal whilst parallelly encouraging and educating Sri Lankans to ‘clean up their act’, MEPA, which is under the aegis of the State Ministry of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness, commenced the community-led Corporate Social Responsibility programme ‘Sayura Rakina Ralla’ which was inaugurated by Sri Lanka Ru
The construction of a 15.8 km Light Rail Transit (LRT) track between the Colombo Fort area and Malabe has not been cancelled but it’s under review, said State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness., Dr. Nalaka Godahewa.He said that when they studied the report it was found out that the one lane to be funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan was too expensive and hence.
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“Private, foreign participation must for port development” Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Hambantota Port will pose the biggest competition to the Colombo Port and Sri Lanka will have to involve private and foreign terminal operators for Port related development State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness, Dr. Nalaka Godahewa said.
He was speaking at an Advocata hosted panel discussion on: “The Future of Ports Development in Sri Lanka ‘’ at BMICH last Friday.
He said that the earlier Rajapaksa government had two master plans when they planned Hambantota Port, where Colombo was to focus as a trading Port (transshipment and containerized cargo) and Hambantota for export and re-export as an industrial city. “But now Hambantota Port will be doing both these areas and they are planning for containerization in a few years.”