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By Maheesha Mudugamuwa
An investigation is currently underway to see whether there was any involvement of a prominent governing party’s state minister’s brother regarding the unlawful clearing of a section of the protected Anawilundawa Wetland, Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation C.B. Rathnayake told The Morning.
He said the investigation would reveal whether there was any connection as alleged.
Meanwhile, the report of the five-member committee appointed to probe the damage caused to the Anawilundawa Wetland Sanctuary in Puttalam was tabled in Parliament by Minister Rathnayake on Wednesday (9).
The Department of Wildlife and Forest Conservation said the incident was reported to wildlife officials on 26 August 2020.
The Department said the area where illegal activity had taken place is approximately 0.697 hectares.
On 28 August, in a statement, the Department said that as per the Flora and Fauna Protection Ordinance, these 1,397 hectares of land have been declared as a sanctuary on 11 May 1997, and on 25 August 2020, the mangrove ecosystem in the sanctuary has been cleared using machinery illegally, when there were no officers from the Department in the vicinity.
Declared a wetland under the Ramsar Convention, the 1,397-hectare Anawilunduwa sanctuary is one of six recognised sites in Sri Lanka.
Apart from the various birds, fish species, and amphibians living in the wetland, Anawilunduwa also attracts many migratory birds.