{"id":156443,"date":"2026-05-28T15:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=156443"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:49:57","slug":"tourism-and-clean-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2026\/05\/28\/tourism-and-clean-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism and clean lanka\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/india-is-dirtiest-country-vlogger-praises-sri-lanka-critiques-india-s-tourism-decline-due-to-poor-cleanliness-101779874371832.html#\">https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/india-is-dirtiest-country-vlogger-praises-sri-lanka-critiques-india-s-tourism-decline-due-to-poor-cleanliness-101779874371832.html#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my routine early morning walk along the Kimbulawala walking path , &nbsp;I keep noticing heap of garbage &nbsp;on both sides of the Madiwela road for several weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irony is one heap lies next to the police post for weeks&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often I see the two young cops looking at the mobiles ignoring my kind &nbsp;polite request as a senior citizen &nbsp;to do something<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I requested them to charge the violators or even get Local authority ( Maharagama ) to collect the garbage and clear the drains&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They said  what can we do ?\u201dPeople do not listen to us <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fellow citizens&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please be responsible&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regards<br><br>Dr Sarath Obeysekera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Sarath Obeysekera https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lifestyle\/travel\/india-is-dirtiest-country-vlogger-praises-sri-lanka-critiques-india-s-tourism-decline-due-to-poor-cleanliness-101779874371832.html# During my routine early morning walk along the Kimbulawala walking path , &nbsp;I keep noticing heap of garbage &nbsp;on both sides of the Madiwela road for several weeks Irony is one heap lies next to the police post for weeks&nbsp; Often I see the two young cops looking at the mobiles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-sarath-obeysekera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156443","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=156443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156444,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156443\/revisions\/156444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}