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| Wednesday, 13 November 2002 |
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by Panadura group correspondent Around 8,000 employees of Panadura Moderawila Industrial City and about 600 residents are facing serious environmental problems since the inception of the Moderawila Industrial City in 1986 as the Urban Development Authority, Board of Investment and Local Authorities have not provided infrastructure and health facilities to industrialists. Discussions held by the Moderawila industrialists Association with the authorities have also failed. The industrial city was opened in 1986 on the request of former State Minister of Power and Energy and Kalutara District UNP MP Mervyn J. Cooray. The Finnish government spent Rs. 50 million creating job opportunities for 5,000 employees in 1987. Most industries release waste and toxic to a canal in the industrial city. During the rainy season, the canal overflows and the Moderawila area goes underwater causing various difficulties to the residents in the Moderawila area. The Urban Development Authority with Finnish Government's assistance under the Kalutara district laid the foundation to construct a sewerage scheme at the Moderawila Industrial City in 1989. But the work was not completed. The Urban Development Authority had spent Rs. 35 million on this scheme. The contractor who started the construction of the sewerage plant and laying pipes fled and the People's Alliance government had not taken any action against the tenderer. The Western Province Provincial Council Chief Minister Reginald Cooray who met officials of the Moderawila Industrialists' Association' Urban Development Authority, Planning Ministry and Panadura Urban Council, discussed matters relating to environmental problems and the operation of the sewerage scheme at the Moderawila Industrial City.
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