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Did the Mahaweli, Environment and Sustainable Energy Authority Fall Victim to the Forest Smuggling of Hambantota Solar Companies by Accepting Bribes?

Sajeewa Chamikara – Sajeewa Chamikara 17 companies have started constructing large-scale solar power plants by illegally clearing about 1000 acres of forests, which are the main habitats of elephants, in the Seenukkugala, Orukengala and Kapapuwewa areas of the Hambantota Divisional Secretariat, on the border of the Hambantota Wild Elephant Management Reserve, misleading the Sustainable Energy Authority, the Mahaweli Authority and the Central Env…
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Sajeewa Chamikara – Sajeewa Chamikara 17 companies have started constructing large-scale solar power plants by illegally clearing about 1000 acres of forests, which are the main habitats of elephants, in the Seenukkugala, Orukengala and Kapapuwewa areas of the Hambantota Divisional Secretariat, on the border of the Hambantota Wild Elephant Management Reserve, misleading the Sustainable Energy Authority, the Mahaweli Authority and the Central Env…

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Colombo Telegraph broke the news on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
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