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Illegal clearing of Attidiya Sanctuary with powerful political patronage-by Piyumi Fonseka Source:Dailymirror The political hand is so powerful that they even managed to prevent a major television channel from reporting this issue Violating the 30-meter condition, there is not even a 3-meter gap left between the canal reservation and an illegally put up wire fence demarcating the land for the construction purposes Sahanoda Foundation is a charitable organization formed by well- known businessman Bandula Weerawardana and Ven. Haputale Pannarama Thera The WLCD is currently under pressure to issue a letter, allowing the parties to go ahead with the construction and the unauthorized filling Environmental destruction under political patronage is not new in Sri Lanka. Although the bio-diverse wetland in Bellanwila-Attidiya is beyond measure, and officially protected since 1990 as a bird sanctuary, it appears that its protected status is no longer sufficient. Violating conditions and guidelines imposed by the Wild ...