The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) in collaboration with Sri Lanka Police will shortly initiate a programme to crack down persons who are involved in unacceptable and illegal activities that are directly harmful to the environment and also to people.
Accordingly, the public will be given the authority to look into any damages caused to the environment or any illegal activities carried out by people and report them immediately to the nearest Police station or to the CEA Head office.
The initial discussion regarding this future programme was conducted at CEA Auditorium with the participation of IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, CEA Chairman Venura Fernando, CEA DG Hemantha Jayasinghe and other officials.
CEA Chairman said under this programme public could complain to the Police or the CEA Head office regarding noise pollution, various unacceptable activities such as collecting heaps of garbage on either side of roads, burning garbage in a careless manner, illegal earth fillings, releasing unclean water to rivers and other waterways, illegal constructions, illegal sand mining, emanating thick black smoke from vehicles, releasing unbearable noise from vehicle horns, making loud noises from loudspeakers, littering unused polythene papers and plastic mixed discarded items on roads.
Local authorities say visual pollution is also causing due to installing large LED screens at main junctions since such screens could immediately change the attention of motorists while driving and ultimately it will lead to major accidents.
They say that even in foreign countries such large LED screens are not installed at main junctions since the pictures could change the attention of motorists while driving.
The local authorities further say that CEA should focus its attention towards planting trees on either side of roads as it will help to create a green and healthy environment.
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