President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has recently (13 August, 2025) ordered a one-month suspension of the construction of two wind power plants in Mannar Island in order to review the issues raised ...

Conservationists and environmental groups have renewed their concerns about this project and proposed to authorities to consider alternative locations for projects of this nature The Thambapavani ...

MANNAR, Sri Lanka — Under the blanket of darkness, giant trucks rumbled through the narrow roads of Sri Lanka’s Mannar district, their headlights cutting through the night. On their trailers lay ...

Climate shifts and development projects are changing people's lives by threatening their jobs, homes, and traditions. As Daily Mirror Online reported, the Mannar coastline is vulnerable to rising seas ...

Mannar island covers an area of 126.5 square kilometers and is surrounded by protected areas such as the Vankalai Ramsar Site, Adams Bridge Marine National Park and Wedithalathiuvu Nature Reserve. The ...

According to residents, who protested against the first phase of the project in 2020, more turbines will drive away the fish and destroy their livelihoods. The new phase is managed by a company owned ...

Residents of a Catholic-majority town in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province called off a more than 100-day protest after the government agreed to halt proposed wind power projects and sand mining ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock People living on Mannar Island, off Sri Lanka's coast, are feeling the effects of rising seas and energy ...