Around 1400 Liters Of Oil Released To The Kelaniya River Had Polluted It's Water-Environmentalists

A Section Of The Kelaniya River

Around 1400 liters of oil has been released by the Coca Cola Plant  few weeks ago to the Kelaniya River which supplying drinking water to Colombo and it's suburbs According to the  Local Environmentalists.

As a result the water in kelaniya river has been polluted and the Central Environment Authority even cancelled the Environment Protection License issued to the Coca Cola Plant here.As oil can  remain in water for longer period it may cause non infectious diseases like Cancers amongst   people the Environmentalists have warned.

Meanwhile  few days after the cancellation of Environment Protection Licence of Coca Cola Plant here the  Central Environmental Authority had reported as releasing the licence again to the plant under several conditions which were still not yet revealed.