The public fish market in Chilaw, located on a two-acre block of land bordering the Chilaw lagoon is posing a major health hazard to the public. The market itself has no proper sanitation facilities.

After a two-hour journey, our first stop was the Chilaw Fish Market where we were assailed by the smell of fish and the salty sea breeze. Located on Bishop Edmund Pieris Mawatha along the Dutch Canal, ...