Development in SL is homegrown and eco-friendly - President
'Sri Lanka is achieving economic growth with a proper eco-friendly
mechanism, President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro in
Brazil said yesterday.
The President made the address at the inaugural session of the Rio+20
where 130 Heads of State were in attendance.
President Rajapaksa said he was proud to mention that the structure
of development in Sri Lanka is homegrown and eco-friendly. He stressed
that the policy of not polluting and conserving the environment should
be accepted by all nations and responsibilities should not be neglected
to protect the environment in developing countries by the developed
nations.
‘Ancient Sri Lanka achieved economic and environment of
sustainability and political and social stability through a proper
environment management system, he explained.
The President reminisced on the first historical dialogue between
Arahat Mahinda, a disciple of the Buddha and an ancient Sri Lankan King
Devanam Piyatissa in which it was highlighted that “the King is the
custodian of the environment and the earth.”
The President stressed that post war Sri Lanka is heading towards
rapid economic growth and has overcome the threats which originated
internationally through local policies which brought out the Mahinda
Chinthana policy initiative. “The infrastructure facilities of the
country are rapidly developing and ample investment opportunities exist
in the country. We experience all these developments while being
committed to protect and preserve the environment”, the President added. |