Sri Lanka to launch green projects to protect ecosystem

5/12/2019 14:48

        Sri Lanka's new interim government will launch green projects in the island country as part of a mega beautification program to maintain the ecosystem, local media quoted parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa as saying on Thursday.
        
        With Sri Lanka being ranked the second-worst country affected by climate change by the Global Climate Risk Index 2019, Namal said the country needed to produce more green energy and offer a more friendly habitat for animals and thus, all future investments would be encouraged to go green.
        
        As the first step, the government said the section along the southern expressway from Matara to Mattala in the south, will soon be greener when the viaducts placed there for elephant crossings are converted to vertical gardens. The spaces in between the interchanges will be used to install solar panels.