Green energy vs local anger: Why this Sri Lankan community is saying no to wind turbines
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Green energy vs local anger: Why this Sri Lankan community is saying no to wind turbines
MANNAR (Sri Lanka), Oct 26 — Beneath rotating wind turbines on Sri Lanka’s Mannar peninsula, a fishing net is hauled up the beach by tractor winches and 20 men, but once again the catch is meagre. “I’ve been fishing here since I was a boy,” said Venkatasamy Kalimuththu, 65, looking disappointedly a»»»
Sri Lankan turbine project fuels anger as fish hauls plunge
The project has been blamed for a host of problems, from dwindling catches to floods, fuelling opposition to green energy projects as fuel costs soar. This photograph taken on Oct 3, 2026 shows a fisherman working on fishing nets at a beach near a wind power plant in Sri Lanka's mannar peninsula. (»»»
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