Dr. Anil Jasinghe has stated that dead turtles washing up the shore is normal during the monsoon ‘warakan’ season
Occurred in Sri Lanka on June 18, 2021 at 8 p.m.
Reported by Nishadi Gunatilake via Internet on Aug. 5, 2021 at 9 a.m.
Reported by Nishadi Gunatilake via Internet on Aug. 5, 2021 at 9 a.m.
# NPP
# environment
# X-press Pearl
# JVP
This report is Confirmed false
and is of
Low Priority.
Here is why -
These remarks were made by the State Minister of Urban Development and Coast
Conservation Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, not the Secretary to the Ministry of Environment Dr. Anil Jasinghe. See here: https://economynext.com/sri-lanka-links-some-turtle-deaths-to-x-press-pearl-fire-whale-death-probed-83156/. This misattribution must have been done in an attempt to discredit legitimate concerns about the environmental impact of the X-Press Pearl disaster. This disinformation narrative also claimed that concerns by the political parties NPP and JVP regarding the environment are opportunistic.
Resolution added by - Nishadi Gunatilake