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Friday, December 8, 2023

Train Delays Reported In Upcountry Railway Line Due To Soil Mound Collapse

A Train delay is being occurred at the Upcountry Railway Line as a result of the blockage of the Railway line due to a soil mound collapsed between Demodara and Hali-Ela train stations according to the Railway Control Room.

Railway workers are currently working to restore the normal train services of the line the Control Room had announced .

Train delays in the Upcountry Railway line is common these days due to the falling of soil mounds into the Railway tracks as a result of the heavy showers prevailing in the upcountry at present according to the Railways Department .

One Of The Female Giraffe's In Dehiwala Zoo Died In Sad Status

One of the two female Giraff's residing in Dehiwala Zoo has died unfortunately on last Thursday(07)'due to an attempt made by the veterinary surgeons to treat her leg wound under Anesthesia it has been reported.

The deceased female Giraffe who was 30 years old got a large wound on one of her legs since sometime back and lied on the ground most of the times as she couldn't walk properly according to the Zoo officials .

When the Veterinary surgeons had attempted to treat the wound under Anesthesia by giving the female Giraffe an Antibiotic drug surgeons unable to revive her after the surgery and as a result she has pronounced as dead according to reports.

An independent inquiry is currently underway regarding the death of the female Giraffe according to the deputy director of the Dehiwala Zoo Dinushika Manawadu.The postmortem of the female Giraffe had been conducted by the Veterinary surgeons of the Widelife Conservation department and the Faculty of Animal sciences in Peradeniya University.

The deceased Giraffe was born in 1993 and named as "Haley"according to the Zoo officials .

A Sixteen Hour Long Water Cut To Be Implemented In Colombo

A sixteen hour long water cut is scheduled to be implemented in five divisions of Colombo Municipal Council limits from 5 p.m tomorrow evening (09) according to the National Wster Supplies and Drainage Board .

Accordingly this water cut is scheduled to be implemented in Colombo divisions 11,12,13,14 and 15 from 5 p.m tomorrow evening until 9 a.m On this Sunday(10) due to an urgent maintainance work being carried out under the energy conservation project to improve the water supply in ambathale water purification plant the Board has,announced .