A national city shading project under the theme of “million trees” will commence today to minimise the air pollution, global climate change and warming.
The Project will provide clean air and shade urban areas, Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said.
Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka was addressing a media briefing yesterday in Colombo.The first phase of the campaign will be conducted under the patronage of the Minister a in Kandy today. The second phase will be conducted in Kurunegala.
He said the progress of the programme can be checked with the GPS technology.
Global warming has affected people in many countries today. Temperature in Japan has increased up to 43 C and many European countries including Spain and France have temperature over 50 C with sudden heatwaves. Heatwaves, water scarcity, rise in sea level, melting glaciers and polar ice caps, and bush fires cause more damage than that of the terrorism.
Air pollution in Kolkata, Mumbai and Dhilli is 70 times higher than the stipulated level. Air pollution in Sri Lanka is minimal because of the air emission programme we began in 2008,” he said.
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