Together with the ubiquitous Jayaganga river, distributing water throughout the community, it s a frightening thought for the villagers to actually consider what could be lost. U. B. Dharmasena, Eppawela. If they dig this deposit, it would become like a desert. And this would make the people even poorer and unemployment would increase. Not only us, how would the next generation live.
Nobody thinks of it, no they don t.
Forest scene, Eppawela. Environmental Foundation Ltd. We started our protest campaign against the selling of the Eppawela deposit in about 1993. We have been telling the government for years, in many ways and means, on how we would be losing a national treasure, and that there would be many environmental problems. Guardstone detail, Anuradhapura. Prasanna Weerawardena, Archaeologist.