Acid rain in NCP – Dr. Senanayake
Environmentalists claimed that the acidic gases, which are being released from the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, can lead to acid rain and deforestation in the North Central Province.
Environmentalist Dr. Ranil Senanayake said, due to the low quality coal and lack of quality control in releasing the smoke, such condition could occur.
“According to the monsoon patterns, the smoke which includes Sulphur Dioxide and Nitric Oxide can travel via the wind to the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa areas. After that, the natural process of acid rain being created will take place within the clouds.
When acid rain falls onto forest trees, leaves burn and photosynthesis stops and when acid rain falls onto the soil, the bacteria is killed and then, the growth of the plants become low.”
(Source: Ceylon Today – By Kalana Krishantha)
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there are 45 % of the worlds electricity is from coal fueled electricity which is the cheapest electricity in the world is there any country in the world that has complain of acid rain has the chimneys are 150 meters high and they pump into the global atmosphere and not to the local atmosphere
this doctor ought to cpme up with evidence until then his claims tantamount to speculation. We are faced with a multitude of enviornmental issues the most blatant one is the pollution of the water ways which occurs at an alarming rate with obvious wvidence and what has the environmentalist done apart from the occasional to rare statements. If these guys could done nothing more they ought to be sacked and the deprtment closed saving millions of rupeees.
What is the department of agriculture doing beyond waiting for things to happen. The minister what is he doing or what is expected out of him. He is nothinh more than a lazy halfwit
Don’t worry,
The Gotler’s Vipath Maga will fix this problem and ensure entitlement of the NR Generation to run high powered sports cars under the stars in the shadow of the Dalada Maligawa.
all this comment from Dr. Senanayake shows that the saying little knowledge is a dangerous thing for he is destroying the only hope we have of developing our country and the UNP winning the Parliamentary elections in 2020 because of the following The politicians including the President are giving themselves free electricity and free water which is a prema facie case of corruption but not giving us the people who are supreme BOT coal fueled projects has base load and economical hydro has peaking power which will give us the people the least cost electricity in the world and there should not be any other electricity connected to the grid which will be in accordance to least cost Act No 20 of 2009 and in accordance to articles 3,,4,12, 27 and 33 (f) of our constitution . If this is done our rupee. will appreciate to almost a US $ in a years time which will make us the richest country in the world