The Disaster Management Centre in Sri Lanka is to enforce a new Disaster Impact Assessment report for all future development projects, according to Director General Major General Gamini Hettiarachchi.
“Therefore, a national level risk atlas for different hazards in Sri Lanka will be released on line and off line covering areas where droughts prevailed, areas prone to landslides and soil erosion.
“The DIA functioning under the Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister is now finding ways and means to introduce this DIA system in the future projects with assistance from other bodies,” he said.
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