Sri Lanka, March 31 -- The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Resource Sustainability has instructed officials to immediately prepare a plan for the environmentally friendly disposal of ash emitted from the Norochcholai Lakvijaya Power Plant.

These instructions were given at a meeting of the Committee held in Parliament on March 17, under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament Hector Appuhamy, according to the Department of Communications of Parliament.

It was revealed during the meeting that, due to issues related to the quality of coal imported to Sri Lanka for power generation, the volume of ash emitted during electricity generation has increased significantly.

The Committee noted that if this ash is not ...