{"id":106110,"date":"2020-09-01T15:12:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T22:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=106110"},"modified":"2020-09-01T15:12:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T22:12:44","slug":"the-latest-solution-to-control-the-floods-in-colombo-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/09\/01\/the-latest-solution-to-control-the-floods-in-colombo-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest solution to control the floods in Colombo  (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0d9a\u0ddc\u0dc5\u0db9 \u0da2\u0dbd\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dba\u0da7\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc5\u0dd0\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0dba\u0db1 \u0daf\u0dda - Hiru News\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nntt4IIPOxQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Flooding of many parts of Colombo, the commercial capital of the country as well as the most populous city, has been an unresolved issue for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 35% of the area in Colombo city is inundated due to unauthorized and informal constructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another factor is the inadequacy of canals to drain rainwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people of Colombo have suffered from floods in the last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to find a solution to this situation in 2013 several projects were launched according to a concept of the then Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of the 55 projects, 45 projects have been completed by now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work on 10 more projects has already commenced and the new Muthuwella underground tunnel is being constructed as another phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rainwater collected in Kotahena, Orugodawatta, Bloemendal, Dematagoda and other areas will flow through the new Muthuwella Aluthmawatha canal and will be taken to the newly constructed tunnel facing the canal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News Flooding of many parts of Colombo, the commercial capital of the country as well as the most populous city, has been an unresolved issue for a long time. About 35% of the area in Colombo city is inundated due to unauthorized and informal constructions. Another factor is the inadequacy of canals to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}