Research on garbage dump disaster in Meethotamulla, Sri Lanka
- Nov 2, 2017
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The tragedy happened on the night of 15th April 2017, a garbage pile the size of a small mountain collapsted onto a town in Meethotamulla killing 26 people, "According to the army, six children were among those killed in the disaster. On Monday, an operation to recover the missing was still ongoing with hopes of finding survivors fading, the BBC reports";"The collapse of the 300-ft. (91 m) Meethotamulla dump occurred after a fire and floods destroyed dozens of homes near its base." [Time,2017]
One of the many similarities that each victim say in interviews is how they view this disaster as something the could have been avoided if the government had stopped putting rubbish once it became clear that it could fall any day. others have "long complained of health problems caused by the accumulated garbage and demanded the dump’s closure." [Time,2017]
For this project I'll look at different pictures of the disaster and recreate the scene of the disaster.
Time. (2017). Fury in Sri Lanka After Garbage Dump Collapse Kills 26. [online] Available at: http://time.com/4741892/colombo-garbage-dump-collapse-sri-lanka/ [Accessed 2 Nov. 2017].
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