Sri Lankan Govt informs apex court It's opting out of sampur India-Sri Lanka coal-fired power project

The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it is opting out of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Venture to set up a coal-fired 500 MW power at Sampur in the Eastern Province.
The ill-fated JV between the Ceylon Electricity Board and the National Thermal Power Corporation of India (NTPC) has been on the drawing board since 2006 and has faced many challenges in the past ten years.  
The Sri Lankan government’s decision to abandon coal as the fuel is in line with the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government’s policy of protecting the country’s environment. The government wants investors to generate power using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) or diesel.
However, the final decision on the Sampur power plant will have to be taken by the India-Sri Lanka governmental Joint Working Group (JWG). No unilateral decision can be taken by either country.
Sri Lankan President Maithipala Sirisena had informally sounded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Si Lanka’s inability to continue with the coal fired plant at Sampur, but no official communication on this has yet been sent by Colombo.

Irudeniyaya farmers conducted a protest

Irudeniyaya farmers conducted a protest at Polpithigama Divisional Secretariate in Kurunegala. more than 1000 people took aprt at the protest and demanded to stop the concept and idea of the Elephant corridor in Irudeniyaya today 07.09.2016.

the Dark Act and the Impact of GMOs

World Food Day and the Food Week of Action , October 09-20, 2016

World Food Day and the Food Week of Action October 9-20th, 2016 Our faith calls us to work for a world where everyone has sufficient, healthy and culturally appropriate food and those who produce and prepare the food are fairly compensated, respected and celebrated! Global Food Week of Action begins on Sunday, October 9 and includes the International Day for Rural Women, October 15, World Food Day on Sunday, October 16 and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, October 17. Farmers' Day October 20th

I have learned about the dumpster diving and it is importance in Montreal

http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/08/09/recycler-nourriture-gaspillage-dechetarisme_n_11412524.html http://m.huffpost.com/qc/entry/11412524

World Social Forum in Montreal held since 09th-14th Aug 2016

PA coordinator Francis Raajan took part at the inauguration ceremony of the World Social Forum 2016. and highlighted the Land grabbing issue is a key issue for the food sovereignty.

Survey department officials withrew demacating the Pallimunai people's land after the people's protest on 23rd Aug 2016

 23.08.2016 government survey department officials have come to survey the land of Pallimunai which land was occupied by navy in 1990 during the war period . there were 25 families were in that land before navy was occupied. so people have filed 19 cases against to the navy on 2013.02.11.since then 21 hearings were held. the next hearing will be held on September 2016. the  decision is still in pending. meanwhile people heard that their land is going to be demarcated on 23rd august 2016. so people went to meet the Divisional secretary and complained to stop the surveying the people's land which occupied by navy .but it didn't work out. therefore the people came to the street today when the officials came to survey their land. after the people's agitation, the officials of survey department have withdrawn from surveying the land of Pallimunai.

it is a another small victory of people's collective effort. let us salute for Pallimunai people's consisting struggle.

let's pray and join hands with Pallimunai people until releasing their land and resettle in their own land.