Sri Lanka, May 25 -- President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to the relevant authorities to take forward all the programmes implemented to protect the environment in a strong and efficient manner while declaring an Environment Week in parallel to the World Environment Day which falls on June 05.

The President gave these instructions participating in a progress review meeting of the Central Environmental Authority held at the auditorium of the Central Environmental Authority. During the meeting, the President scrutinized the progress of the programmes implemented by the Authority so far as well as regarding the future plans of the Authority.

The Environmental projects are to be completed on time and increasing the number of...