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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Seven Baby Elephants Who Were Raised In Udawalawe Ethathurusevena Released To The Wild Life Park

Seven baby elephants who were raised in Udawalawe Athathurusevena (Orphanage)for five years have been released to the Gonaviddagala area in Udawalawe national wild life park yesterday (10).

Four of the baby elephants have been released to the wild life park last morning and three were released in the evening after religious activities it has been reported.

Baby elephants met with injuries are being brought to the Udawalawe Athathurusevena and they are provided with treatment and protection there.

Two Brothers Were Killed After Colliding With A Train In Colpetty

Two brothers of a same family in the ages of 12 and 24

were killed after colliding with train travelling from Galle to Colombo Fort at Colpetty area while the brothers trying take a selfie from their camera.

The deceased eldest brother had return to Sri Lanka today (11)from Singapore where he was working .His younger brother who was also killed due to the accident arrived in Katunayake Airport from Anuradhapura through a Van along with mother,father and family members to pick up the eldest brother from the Airport.

Before leaving to Anuradhapura the two brothers had tried to take a selfie in front of the rail track in Colpetty during their visit to Galle Face at the time they met with the accident.

An Ambulance Driver Was Killed And Three Others Injured Due To A Ambulance-Motor Car Collision

An Ambulance driver was killed and three others

including the patient were injured and hospitalized after the Ambulance they were travelling in colliding with a Motor car in the wee hours of last morning (10) in Negambo .

The injured patient ,doctor and assistant driver of the Ambulance have been admitted to the Negambo Hospital for treatment.

The accident occurred when the Ambulance carrying a patient transfer from Kilinochchi District Hospital to Colombo National Hospital collided with a Moto Car arrived in through a sub road.

The driver of the Motor Car was drunk at the time of the accident according to the police.

US Naval Ship "Lake Erie"Arrived In Sri Lanka To Provide Post Disaster Relief Activities

The US Naval ship "Lake Erie" with 150 US Naval and

Army personal arrived at Colombo Harbor this morning (11) to provide post disaster relief work in areas affected due to the adverse weather.

The US Naval and Army Personal in the ship are due to participate in development activities in disaster hit areas including purifying water in flood affected areas according to the Sri Lanka Navy.The Ship will be stayed here until 25th of June it has been stated.

It has been reported that a large number of wells and water ways in disaster hit areas have been polluted due to recent floods.