Exposure to poor air quality is ranked among the top 10 leading global risk factors for disease. The lack of visibility of air pollution often results in delay in public policy and personal responses, till the problem is acute. Improving the collection and access of air quality data is the first step, to making it safe to breathe in Sri Lanka.
ශ්රී ලංකාව 2021 අප්රේල් මස සිට රසායනික පොහොර ආනයනය තහනම් කරමින්, කාබනික පොහොර වෙත මාරු වීමට පියවර ගන්නා ලදී. පවතින රසායනික පොහොර තොග අඩු වෙමින් පවතින වාතාවරණයක් තුල පොහොර ප්රතිපත්තිය පිළිබඳව ගොවීන්ගේ අදහස් සහ එහි බලපෑම අවබෝධකර ගැනීම සඳහා වෙරිටේ පර්යේෂණ ආයතනය ජූලි මාසයේදී සමීක්ෂණයක් පවත්වන ලදී. ගොවීන් මෙම ප්රතිපත්තියට පුළුල් ලෙස සහයෝගය දැක්වූ නමුත් ගොවීන්ගේ අදහස වුයේ මෙම පරිවර්තනය සාර්ථකව කිරීමට අවශ්ය දැනුම හා කාලය නොමැතිකම නිසා බොහෝ අඩු අස්වැන්නක් ලැබෙනු ඇති බවයි.
Increased exposure to healthier air is a positive note among the many tragic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. As movement was restricted to prevent the spread of the disease, air quality in Colombo drastically improved leading to a 60% reduction in the average duration that people in Colombo were exposed to unhealthy air.
There is a surge in public agitation against environmental destruction caused by ongoing development projects in Sri Lanka. The surfacing of environmental issues after construction has commenced is highly problematic for two reasons. First, the construction may have already caused damage to the environment, which may be irreversible in certain cases. Second, the revising of original project plans to mitigate environmental damages can result in delays and increased costs.
ශී්ර ලංකාවේ ආපදා කළමණාකරන ව්යුහයේ පවතින පරිපාලනමය හිඩැස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වෙරිටේ පර්යේෂණායතනය දියත් කළ විමර්ෂණයකින් අනාවරණය වුනු තොරතුරු මෙම පර්යේෂණ සටහනෙහි අන්තර්ගත වේ.තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ පණතේ භාවිතාවන් මෙම විමර්ෂණය දියත් කිරීම සදහා භාවිතයට ගෙන ඇත.
இலங்கையின் அனர்த்த முகாமைத்துவ கட்டமைப்பில் காணப்படும் நிர்வாக இடைவெளிகள் தொடர்பாக வெரிட்டே ரிசர்ச் நடத்திய ஆய்வின் முடிவுகளை இந்த விளக்கவுரை ஆவணப்படுத்துகிறது. தகவல் அறியும் சட்டத்தை பயன்படுத்தி பெறப்பட்ட தகவல்களைக் கொண்டு இவ் ஆய்வு நடாத்தப்பட்டது.
This briefing note documents the findings of an investigation carried out by Verité Research on the administrative gaps within Sri Lanka’s disaster management framework. The investigation was conducted using the instrument of Right to Information (RTI).
கடந்த காலங்களில் அதிகரித்த அளவிலான இயற்கை அனர்த்தங்கள் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட போதிலும் இலங்கையில் இயற்கை அனர்த்த காப்பீட்டுத் திட்டங்களின் பாவனை மிகவும் மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட அளவிலேயே காணப்படுகின்றது. இவ்வகையான அனர்த்தங்களினால் குறிப்பாக சிறிய மற்றும் நடுத்தர வர்த்தகங்கள் (SME) அதிகளவில் பாதிக்ப்படுகின்றன. இலங்கையில் இயற்கை அனர்தக் காப்பீட்டுத் திட்டங்களின் மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட பாவனைக்கு பல காரணங்கள் செல்வாக்கு செலுத்துகின்ற போதிலும் தகவல்களை இலகுவாகப் பெறமுடியாமை குறிப்பாக சுதேச (சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ்) மொழிகளில் பெற முடியாமை ஒரு முக்கிய காரணம் என எமது கொள்கைக் குறிப்பு இணங்கண்டுள்ளது. இயற்கை அனர்த்தம் சம்பந்தமான தனியார் துறையினால் வழங்கப்படும் காப்பீட்டுத் திட்டங்கள் மற்றும் அரச நலன்புரித்திட்டங்;கள் அனைத்தும் அது தொடர்பான தகவல்களை ஆங்கிலத்தில் மாத்திரமே வழங்குகின்றன என்பதை எமது கண்டறிதல்கள் வெளிப்படுத்தியுள்ளது. இயற்கை அனர்த்தங்களினால் பாதிக்ப்படுகின்ற கொழும்பிற்கு வெளியே உள்ள பிரதேசங்களில் ஆங்கில எழுத்தறிவு வீதம் 30% இற்கும் குறைவாக காணப்படும் சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் இத்தகவல்களை சுதேச மொழிகளில் வெளியிடுவதனால் சிறிய மற்றும் நடுத்தர வர்த்தகங்களிற்கு இயற்கை அனர்த்த காப்பீட்டுகளின் பிரதிபலன்களை பெற்றுக்கொள்ளக்கூடிய வாய்ப்புக்களை கணிசமான அளவு அதிகரிக்க முடியும்.
Despite an increasing number of natural disasters in recent years, Sri Lanka suffers from a limited uptake of natural disaster insurance coverage. Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are especially vulnerable to the impact of such disasters. While there are many factors that contribute to the limited use of natural disaster insurance in Sri Lanka, our policy note identifies the lack of accessible information, especially in the vernacular, to be one of the primary causes. Our findings revealed that information on natural disaster insurance is provided almost exclusively in English by private insurance companies as well as state provided welfare schemes. Given that the areas affected by natural disasters outside Colombo have an English literacy rate below 30%, provisions of such information in the vernacular can significantly help SMEs tap into the benefits of natural disaster insurance.
ඉහළ යමින් පවතින ස්වභාවික ආපදාවන් කුඩා හා මධ්ය පරිමාණ ව්යාපාරයන් මුහුණ දෙන විශාල අභියෝගයකි. ආපදා රක්ෂණ ආවරණයන් යනු එවන් ආපදාවන්ගෙන් වූ හානියෙන් පසු සිය ව්යාපාර නැවත ගොඩ නගා ගැනීමට ඇති ප්රයෝජනවත් මෙවලමකි. එහෙත් ලංකාවේ ආපදා රක්ෂනාවරණ අනුපාතය ඉතා පහල මට්ටමක පවතී. මෙම ප්රතිපත්ති සටහන පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ සිංහල සහ දෙමල භාෂාවන්ගෙන් රක්ෂණ ලියවිලි ලබා ගැනීමට නොහැකි වීම, මෙතෙක් හඳුනා නොගත්, රක්ෂනාවරන අනුපාතය පහල අගයක් ගැනීමට හේතු වන වැදගත් හේතුවක් බවයි. ලංකාව සියලූම පොදු සන්නිවේදනයන්; සිංහල, දෙමල සහ ඉංග්රීසි යන මූලික භාෂා ත්රිත්වයෙන්ම සිදු කිරීමේ ප්රතිපත්තියකින් බැඳී සිටිය ද, අපගේ අධ්යයනය මගින් සොයා ගනු ලැබුවේ රක්ෂණ ලියවිලි සහ තොරතුරු සඳහා එකී ප්රතිපත්තිය අදාල කර නොමැති බවය.