Sajith plans life-size statue of tusker Kavantissa
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Daily Mirror, Newswire and Ada Derana report that Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has launched or initiated a project to build a life-size statue of tusker Kavantissa. The reports use slightly different spellings of the elephant’s name.
Lankadeepa places the proposed statue in the Kahamiliyawatita estate area of Ambanpola. Ada Derana (தமிழ்) locates it in a reserved forest area near Siambalangamuwa tank; the reports do not provide a construction schedule.
Daily Mirror says the initiative also includes a wild elephant conservation and research centre. The other reports supplied here focus on the statue and do not provide further details about the centre or the project’s next steps.
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Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
- Newswire · Ailing tusker Kavantissa has died, says Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa
- Daily Mirror · Sajith launches Kavantissa Elephant Protection Organisation
- Newswire · Sajith proposes special task force, wildlife hospital to protect Sri Lanka’s remaining tuskers
- Daily Mirror · Tusker ‘Mahasen’ goes missing, Sajith tells Parliament
- Ada Derana (සිංහල) · 'කාවන්තිස්ස'ගේ වියෝවෙන් පසු ඇත් පරපුර රකින්න සජිත් පෙරට