වන අලි රැක ගන්න ත්රිවිධ හමුදා ඒකාබද්ධ වැඩ පිළිවෙලක්
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1 min readFrom 5 outlets- Lankadeepa, Newswire, Hiru News and Ada Derana report a planned joint effort involving the military and wildlife authorities.
- Newsfirst reports that military units will protect 13 elephants living near villages.
- Newsfirst says the programme was due to begin on the 24th and may later be expanded.
- Ada Derana reports that Sajith Premadasa called for a special elephant protection programme.
Lankadeepa, Newswire, Hiru News and Ada Derana report that Sri Lanka is moving ahead with a joint national programme to protect wild elephants and reduce conflict between people and elephants. Newswire says the operation will involve the Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Newsfirst reports that military units are being assigned to protect 13 elephants living near villages. It attributes the information to Environment Minister Dhammika Patabendi and says the programme was scheduled to start on the 24th.
Newsfirst says the minister indicated that authorities intend to expand the programme in the future. The reports do not specify a calendar month or year for the start date.
Ada Derana reports that Sajith Premadasa called for a special programme to protect Sri Lanka’s elephants. The available reports provide no further details about his proposal or how it relates to the government programme.
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Ada DeranaEN
Sajith calls for special protection programme for Sri Lanka’s elephantsLankadeepaSI
වන අලි රැක ගන්න ත්රිවිධ හමුදා ඒකාබද්ධ වැඩ පිළිවෙලක්Hiru NewsEN
Government plans joint military-wildlife operation to protect elephants and reduce human-elephant conflictNewswireEN
Sri Lanka to deploy military units to protect endangered wild elephants
Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
- Dinamina · තබ්බෝව වැව කේන්ද්ර කරගත් අලි සුපෝෂණ වැඩසටහන සාර්ථකයි
- Daily Mirror · Thabbowa Tank reservation transformed into elephant feeding grounds
- Ada Derana (සිංහල) · වන අලින්ට එල්ලවන තර්ජන සම්බන්ධව විමර්ශනයක් ඉල්ලා පොලිසියට පැමිණිල්ලක්
- Ada Derana · Sajith proposes establishment of special task force to protect Sri Lankan tuskers
- Daily Mirror · Military personnel to receive special training in elephant protection