The sinharaja forest which is considered as a world heritage will be divided by a road initiated by Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa today, said ecologist Mr Ravindra Kariyawasam.
He said a road leading from Rakwana Pothupitiya upto Imbulakanda village is to be built when there is another road to access Imbulakanda. Hence repairing the existing road should be done instead of damaging Sinharaja forest, he said.
Mr Kariyawasam added that a number of environment protecting organizations have protested this project and it is done even without an environment evaluation report. He pointed out that this will cause serious damage to the bio-diversity in Sinharaja forest opening another path into the forest.
Meanwhile a hotel project is coming up with the influence of a politician in the Government close to Suriyakanda hermitage.
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