Restore Pinga Oya

Sri Lanka, like the rest of Asia, is organizing rapidly in particular peri-urban (surrounding urban centers) that are changing without overall spatial planning (town planning). Pinga Oya catchment is a prime example of such a peri-urban urbanizing region spanning Katugastota, Akurana, Ambatenne, and Alawatugoda. This led to frequent undue flooding leading to the rapid spread of infectious diseases rise in floods and landslides disasters while leading to less of natural habitats including in the river. There is much information that is available but not accessible, and information that is not readily available and there are knowledge gaps.Our work is to address these issues.

This work is being done by persons and organizations who have in-depth knowledge over the last four decades. Our team comprises of individuals and organizations concerned with the environment, climate, disasters, and social welfare of women and children. It is supported by a team of younger social and environmental and engineering researchers and ICT technology experts. Individual researchers from several Universities such as Peradeniya, Colombo, Open University of Sri Lanka, Southeastern, and Columbia University of New York are contributing.

Additionally, we are establishing a communication network on these subjects and welcome news articles and multimedia content associated with the Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and YouTube social media platforms. We seek your assistance to expand our subscriber base and follower count because doing so will give us a stronger hand when trying to acquire resources.