{"id":117663,"date":"2021-08-31T02:01:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T09:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=117663"},"modified":"2021-08-31T02:01:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T09:01:30","slug":"former-president-clarifies-stance-on-parakrama-samudhraya-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/08\/31\/former-president-clarifies-stance-on-parakrama-samudhraya-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President clarifies stance on Parakrama Samudhraya construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy News 1st<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>COLOMBO (News 1st):&nbsp;Former President Maithripala Sirisena has clarified his stance on the project to build a jogging track on the Polonnaruwa Parakrama Samudra tank bund which is currently under controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, former President Maithripala Sirisena said that much care should be taken when embarking on any project on a vast reservoir such as the Parakrama Samudraya, a masterpiece of Sri Lankan irrigation technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0db4\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0db8 \u0dc3\u0db8\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dba\u0dda \u0d87\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dd2\u0db1 \u0db8\u0d82\u0dad\u0dd3\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dda \u0d89\u0daf\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dca \u0db1\u0dc0\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dc0\u0dda\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd\u0dda \u0db1\u0dd0\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0dbb  \u0d91\u0dc4\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0dbb\u0dd0\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMjDicYaR3Q?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>The former President points out that it is reasonable for the farmers and the Maha Sangha to object such activities to be carried out without a scientific knowledge of irrigation technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that at the commencement of the project, the farmers and the Maha Sangha in the area should have been informed and a decision could have been taken to stop or go forward with the project in collaboration with the Maha Sangha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, he also suggested that the project, which is currently being planned to begin at the western part of the reservoir, be halted and the area such as a footpath between the paddy fields beyond the eastern end of the Maha-wella in the Parakrama Samudra could be used for the relevant project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy News 1st COLOMBO (News 1st):&nbsp;Former President Maithripala Sirisena has clarified his stance on the project to build a jogging track on the Polonnaruwa Parakrama Samudra tank bund which is currently under controversy. In a statement, former President Maithripala Sirisena said that much care should be taken when embarking on any project on a vast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117663","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=117663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}