X-Press Pearl disaster: Govt to submit initial US$ 50 million claim as compensation island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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There will be huge amounts of compensation for the damage caused by the X-Press Pearl vessel in the Sri Lankan waters, this is indeed essential to Sri Lanka during this economic crisis.” This is a politician’s perception of the vessel-source pollution caused by the X-Press Pearl that caught fire and sank off in the Sri Lankan waters. Not only the politicians but the majority of the public is also unaware of how the compensation for catastrophic vessel-source pollution works.
Being the fifth on the Global Coastal Index for the 20 countries identified for dumping polythene and plastic into the oceans, Sri Lanka should claim and utilise the compensation for sustainable management of the marine environment.
LankaWeb – First compensation claim made over X-Press Pearl fire lankaweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lankaweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.