Beira Lake gets a fresh start

Bright SL Saturday, 18 January 2025 07:03 AM

Very good. Please don't stop and do it at regular intervals. Be aware there may Aragalaya opposition people and buses under the water.

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Sokrates Saturday, 18 January 2025 07:31 AM

What a disgusting mess the people in this country are making.

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Sambo Saturday, 18 January 2025 07:54 AM

The government should first clean the people of this country before cleaning the Beira Lake.

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S.H.Liyanage Saturday, 18 January 2025 08:31 AM

good job . However maintenance must be carried out on a planned and regular basis . In addition it is very important to detect and seal all waist pipe line connections to Beira lake and to divert water to Beira during drought periods as was arranged in the past

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Gabriella Saturday, 18 January 2025 09:21 AM

It is a " beautiful" stink ! NOTHING in this country gets regular maintenance. The canals get blocked, and are not cleared until they become a putrid, nauseating stink. Which apparently council members cannot smell.

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Gamini Saturday, 18 January 2025 09:21 AM

working in that stench, these workers are not wearing a mask

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Mina Saturday, 18 January 2025 10:04 AM

Please do this regularly and the companies situated around the lake can make financial contribution to get this project going effectively.

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sarath gooneratne Saturday, 18 January 2025 10:14 AM

Finally , the NPP had to come to clean up the stinking mess !!

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Victor Saturday, 18 January 2025 10:41 AM

Tax the big business in Colombo a special tax to keep the river’s clean its okay to pay to keep Colombo clean and please fine the people who put rubbish in rivers

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Percy Wijenayake Saturday, 18 January 2025 10:52 AM

The Beira, has become a rubbish dump. The Sanitation Board Engineers must get their act together and convince the President that we must update our sewerage, storm water drainage, and solid waste disposal systems. as it has become health hazard in a booming foreign tourist country.

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eddy Saturday, 18 January 2025 11:42 AM

In the economic front, the NPP govt. just have to follow what Ranil did and in the beatification or cleaning part, they adopt Gota's plans. Good things should go forward even though the big talks before get into power were just the opposite.

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L.Mallawarachchi Saturday, 18 January 2025 07:53 PM

First of all need to stop dumpling garbage and sewerage water into beira lake.

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M Fernando Sunday, 19 January 2025 12:49 AM

The same goes for the Wellawatte/Dehiwala canal. Untreated water, waste is dumped directly into the waterways, poisoning the water, killing whatever aquatic life that (used to) live in it. Is there no body (NARA, a University ??) that can study why this is happening and recommend steps to reduce / eliminate the mess ? Or are we just an unclean people by nature, s.i.ting on our own doorstep ?

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Mohan Sunday, 19 January 2025 10:52 AM

To make the lake really clean, the drainages into the lake should be diverted, treated and released into the sea.

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Perera Monday, 20 January 2025 05:41 AM

Till the release of raw sewerage from dwellings in and around the Beira continue there is no point in cleaning this up.

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Raven Monday, 20 January 2025 08:53 AM

Yet another hoax by the NPP govt to draw the attention away from the scarcity of food. This is like the periodical beach cleanups where the posh folks gather which is effective for one or two days. We need a permanent govt body to combat this.

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Joe Monday, 20 January 2025 08:59 AM

Why does the Beira Lake get polluted to this terrible extent ? It has become a rubbish dump for many decades. Educate the school children and the people of Colombo.

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