Monday, 21 April 2025
Another Sri Lanka environment disaster waiting to happen

Another Sri Lanka environment disaster waiting to happen Featured

Residents in the vicinity of a Chinese battery company in the Bata Atha industrial zone have complained to President Mahinda Rajapaksa that they are exposed to the threat of chemicals while the water supply in the area has been contaminated.

But their appeals have gone unheeded.

It has been reported that fumes from the burning of aluminum foil and the chemicals released as waste matter into the environment are posing the biggest danger to the residents.

The battery company is said to have breached all terms and conditions laid down by the Central Environment Authority.

It has been revealed that while permission was granted for the Plant to utilize 40,000 litres of water a day and produce 8 to 10 container loads of battery, the current production runs into an estimated 40 container loads of battery.

It has been found out that not only are the residents and the environment at stake but even employees working in the battery Plant face a health hazard.

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