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Author: Hemantha Withanage

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Colombo, Disaster Management, Environment

The Toxic Shipwreck: A Silent Killer Murdering Ocean Life

The X-Press Pearl ship catastrophe is the most significant ship accident that has happened in the Indian ocean and is the worst maritime disaster in the history of Sri Lanka. This is…

Hemantha Withanage Hemantha Withanage on 08/02/202108/02/2021
Colombo, Disaster Management, Environment, justice, Politics and Governance

The X-Press Pearl Fire – A Disaster of Unimaginable Proportions

After 12 days, the ship MV X-Press Pearl finally sank about 9.5 nautical miles from the Colombo harbour. It has not sunk fully because it is touching a coral bed. The ship…

Hemantha Withanage Hemantha Withanage on 06/03/202106/03/2021

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