Muthur demo protests against Sampoor coal power project

A demonstration was held in Muthur protesting against the Sampoor coal power project. The demonstrators handed over a petition to the Pradesah Secretary.

Hundreds of Tamils and Muslim residence including religious leaders, civil society leaders, businessmen, farmers, fishermen and residents of took part in the demonstration. The demonstration was organised by Muthur Green Society.

The protesters point out that they will be facing enamours difficulties if the proposed Sampur Power Plant is constructed.

“The Sampur power plant is a mistake”, charged the Executive Director of the Environmental Justice Centre, Hemantha Withanage, who pointed out that the negative effects of the project is high and construction of the Sampur,  and the power outages are attempts to connect the India Sri Lanka grid and  that there is a “huge political influence on this”.