Clean Sri Lanka and noise pollution

DIR. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, PC, in his two excellent articles titled “Clean Sri Lanka and noise pollution (Part I and Part II)” which were published by the Daily FT on February 21, 2025 and 22 February 2025 respectively, has highlighted the acute problem of noise pollution for victims of the continuing noise pollution over the years. Residents in several areas, both in and outside the city, have for periods of time, been subjected to intense noise forced upon them.

- DIR. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, PC

Dr. Wickramaratne has also written about the more common problems of noise that everyone has noted are the premises of various institutions, including schools and by loud fireworks.

We are surrounded by an invisible killer. One so common that we barely notice it or shortening our lives. The answer is noise - and its impact on the human body goes far beyond damaging hearing. It is linked to heart attacks, type 2 diabetes and studies now even link it to dementia.

“It is a public health crisis, we’ve got huge numbers of people exposed in their everyday life,” Says Prof. Charlotte Clark, from St. Georges, University of London.