The Lion Flag and the Palmyrah trees

The Lion Flag @ Galle Face in May 2010
The Lion Flag @ Galle Face today, July 15, 2012
With apologies for a rather lousy photo this morning, and for a wind that was blowing the Flag in a different direction  here are two photos taken almost at the same spot, almost at the same time of a morning.  Spoke with the Abans guy who sweeps that stretch of the road and he told me that the Palmyrah trees were cut down and that they have been told that the coconut trees might be cut down as well....

There could be several explanations for this:  my favourite one is that the UDA/CMC have bought a chainsaw that they have to show they have used to the optimium, so they are maximising the number of trees they are cutting down; a less generous explanation is that picture one above, looked too much like it could be in the North and was not palatable to the chauvinists among the powers that be.   Readers guesses are also welcome!

PS Didn't see anything about the Wijerama Trees, Independence Avenue felling or any other comment about tree cover in the Sunday newspapers, did you?  Maybe my reader WAS right, no one gives a sh@!t!


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