Sri Lanka, Feb. 12 -- Colombo, Feb 12 () - The Court of Appeal today issued notices on the Minister of Environment, the Central Environmental Authority and several others in connection with the writ petition filed challenging the construction of reservoirs and roads and clearing of state forest lands in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve in 2020.

Meanwhile, the Court rejected the preliminary objections raised by the respondents and decided to fix the matter for hearing.

The respondent parties including the Minister of Environment and the Central Environmental Authority had raised preliminary objections challenging the maintainability of the petition.

The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) and its Executive Director Hemantha Withanage fi...