Sri Lanka, March 6 -- The Attorney General has informed the Court of Appeal that a program will be formulated to reduce air pollution in Jaffna.

Appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, the Deputy Solicitor General made this announcement when a petition filed by Dr. Uma Sugi Nadarajah, a resident of Jaffna, seeking an order be issued to the Minister of Environment and other respondents to formulate a necessary program to reduce the rising air pollution in the Jaffna peninsula, was taken up today (March 6).

This petition was taken up before the two-member judge bench, comprising Acting President of the Court of Appeal Mohamed Lafar Tahir, and Justice Sarath Dissanayake.

The Court of Appeal had previously ordered the Central Environm...