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Author: Iromi Perera and Vijay Nagaraj

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Colombo, Development, Politics and Governance

The Meethotamulla tragedy: The face not failure of development

On the afternoon of 14th April tons of garbage at Meethotamulla, one of the biggest dumping sites just outside Colombo, came crashing down destroying scores of homes. At the time of writing,…

Iromi Perera and Vijay Nagaraj Iromi Perera and Vijay Nagaraj on 04/18/201704/18/2017

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