S-lon Thuru Kepakaru launches mobile app

Thuru Kepakaru is a project initiated by S-lon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., solely for the purpose of preserving and protecting the flora, fauna and culture which make up the surrounding environment. The main aim of this project is to ensure that all the planted saplings are assigned to a foster who would protect, nurture, and continuously interact with them.

Mr. S.C Weerasekera, Group Director/ Chief Operations Officer of Capital Maharaja Group shared his thoughts on the project, “The project is focussed on the youth, who are the future of the nation. We targeted schoolchildren who have not had much interaction with nature and environment as their current lifestyle is mostly spent indoors, engaging with electronic gadgets.

This behaviour can be damaging to the mindset of the future generations, and their affection towards the environment. The youth limited to urban life have a very low sense of nature and the environment, which leads to a severe lack of respect and care for it.

In the old days, children had a much bigger attraction to nature. For an example, the Shameplant (Nidikumba plant) was commonly engaged by children, as they shrink to the touch. But this is not the case these days, and this project is aimed at changing that.”