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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Minister Of Law And Order Had Instructed His Ministry Secretary To Inquire On IGP Pujith Jayasundara

Minister of Law and Order Ranjith

Madduma Bandara has today (20)instructed his Ministry Secretary to conduct an inquiry on the allegations levelled against Inspector General Of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara.

The Deputy Minister of Law and Order Nalin Bandara had informed on this to Parliament today as a response to a question raised by leader of Leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Anura Kumara Dassanayake.

Allegations levelled against IGP over not taking a proper action against director of Terrorism Investigations Division Deputy Inspector General Of Police (DIG) Nalaka De Silva who was charged on conspiring to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe .

The Deputy Minister however denied the reports appeared in media that the President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe had requested the IGP Jayasundara to resign from his post within next two weeks.

Prime Minister's Office too denied the reports on Prime Minister requested IGP to resign from his post within two weeks.

A 30 Kilo Meter Long Elephant Fence Was Innaugurated By The President

A 30 Kilo Meter long Elephant Fence built at Gomaraladawala area by using Concrete Posts made by Sri Lanka Army had been inaugurated by the President Maithripala Sirisena today (20).

Authorities believe the Fence which was built under a pilot project will be useful for rural people in the area to minimise the damages occur due to Elephant -Human conflict.

Transport Ministry To Take Three Steps To Prevent Wild Elephants From Colliding With Trains In Future

To prevent Wild Elephants from

colliding with Trains in future Ministry of Transport has decided to fix an Electronic Circuits at Elephant crossings and place where Wild Elephants gather near rail tracks mostly and to provide facilities to Elephants to cross the road under rail racks it has been announced.

Ministry has also decided to build flyover bridges at the places where more Wild Elephants are attempting to cross over the rail tracks according to Transport Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva.

Through the fixing of Electronic Circuits near Elephant Crossings Engine Drivers will be able to find out whether there are Elephants near the Railway tracks from far sway as well as it will help the Elephants to move away from the rail tracks when Trains are arriving ..
A seven member committee headed by Transport Ministry Secretary G.S Vithanage has been appointed yesterday(19) by the Minister to prepare a plan to implement these steps .

Due to the collision between Wild Elephants and Trains a large number of Elephants were killed in past and Trains got damaged the Minister has said.