android5sd,Android SD card writing, Permission Denied

I am trying to write a file to SDCard with below Code (permission android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE already set in manifest.xml).

Upon execution of nmea_file.createNewFile(); it throws exception with Permission Denied.

Any guesses why would this be happening?

if(!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED))

{

Log.d(TAG, "Sdcard was not mounted !!" );

}

else

{

File nmea_file;

File root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();

FileWriter nmea_writer = null;

try {

nmea_file = new File(root,"NMEA.txt");

if(!nmea_file.exists()) {

Log.w(TAG, "File Doesn't Exists!");

nmea_file.createNewFile();

}

nmea_writer = new FileWriter(nmea_file);

nmea_writer.append(nmea);

nmea_writer.flush();

}

catch (IOException e)

{

Log.w(TAG, "Unable to write", e);

}

finally

{

if (nmea_writer != null)

{

try

{

nmea_writer.close();

}

catch (IOException e)

{

Log.w(TAG, "Exception closing file", e);

}

}

}

}