CEA mulls legal action against company with no environment license

18 August 2023 03:52 pm Views - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} 7 Bookmark

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One of the factories which caught fire in the Katuwana Industrial Zone in Homagama had not obtained an environment license and would have to face legal action, the Central Environment Authority (CEA) said.

CEA Deputy Director General Ajith Weerasundara said legal action will be taken against the owners of the factory which had not obtained the environment license in terms of the National Environmental Act.

He said some damage has been caused to the environment due to the chemical substances emitted during the fire.

He said the cause for the fire is yet to be ascertained and that investigations are still underway. (Ajith Siriwardana)

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Mike Jeya Friday, 18 August 2023 05:13 PM

How come CEA woke up only after the fire incident. This is the problem in sorting up a company in SL. There should be one single entity to which the investor has to apply, which would coordinate all the permits/licences instead of the investor having to go behind so many departments maybe having to oil the palms of those involved. There is no clarity as to which licences are to be obtained for each type of company. This is why investors are keeping away from SL. Take a lesson from Dubai where company formation is so simple and everything is online.

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Sunil Friday, 18 August 2023 05:17 PM

As usual closing the barn after the horse has bolted

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Gamini Friday, 18 August 2023 05:18 PM

why is it so difficult for the hugely over staffed CEA to regularly inspect the factories in all the industrial zones

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Priyan66 Friday, 18 August 2023 06:33 PM

Look in to pollution by 3 wheelers and lorry busses on the roads too

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Kumar Friday, 18 August 2023 08:53 PM

Superb another good collection from factories. Keep up ur work

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dot v Saturday, 19 August 2023 09:53 AM

Read one factory was a paint producer ..imagine how the toxic chemical fumes impacting on the people living in the vicinity ..hopefully it was not a windy day for the fumes to be carried to a wider area.The authorities would have never 'known' if the fire did not happen ???

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Zaza Saturday, 19 August 2023 08:59 PM

We have an irresponsible system; how can anyone act responsibly? Cry not dude, call out for a total system change.

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