Minister highlights importance of eco-friendly technology

Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa stressed the importance of adopting an environmental-friendly technology to attain sustainable development, during a meeting with Singaporean Environment and Water Resources Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan in Singapore recently.

Minister Yapa said the cost-effectiveness and suitability of technology used in developed countries must be studied before adopting them.

They also discussed other environmental issues and mitigation options.

Minister Yapa invited Minister Balakrishnan to join him on an inspection tour of an environmental-friendly project conducted in Sri Lanka.