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Northern Provincial Council To Set Up A 1000 Acre Grass Land To Increase Milk Production

Northern Provincial Council has

approved a proposal to set up a 1000 acre grass land in Mulathivu in view of increasing the Milk Production of North with the financial aid of Switzerland.

Accordigingly the Agriculture Ministry in Northern Provincial Council has decided to cultivate grass in 300 acres of the allocated land in october this year under the first phase of the project and release cows to the land.

The Ministry has also planned to provide free cows to the Milk Farmers to breed them .

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SAMA ADARA YAHALU SITHAKMA KISIYAM DURASTHA BAWAK ATHHNAM EYA MAGAHARAWAGENA NAWATHA PERATA WADA BANDEEMA DADI KARAGANEEMA SABA MANUSHYATWAYE LAKSHANAYAKI.

Radiographers To Launch A Token Strike In Badulla And Monaragala Hospitals Tomorrow

Radiographers attached to the Badulla

and Monaragala Hospitals belonging to Central Government are due to be launched a one day token strike tomorrow (19) over a sudden transfer of a Trade union activist and Radiographer M.Adhikari from Diyathalawa  Hospital to Welimada  Hospital wihout his request,according to the Government Radiographers Union.

If the authorities not providing solutions for the unfair transfer and other problems faced by Radiographers in Provincial level ,Government Radiographers will launch an island wide token strike on 24 th of April the Union has stated.

Two Persons Were Injured Due To A Road Accident In Thalawakale

Two persons were injured and

hospitalized after a high speed van they were travelling in veering off the road and toppled over to a 80 feet deep precipice near Kotmala Oya(River) at Belgariawatte,In Lindula-Dayagama,Thalawakale this evening(18).

The injured imcluding the Van driver were admitted to the Lindula Hospital.

The acvident occurred due to the inability of the Van driver to control the speed of the vehicle according to the Lindula Police.

A Wild Elephant Has Died Due To An Electrocution

A body of a Wild Elephant of the age

around 30 years and died due to an electrocution ,was  recovered in a reserve at Mahindagama in Welikanda ,Polonnaruwa today(18).

Wild Life officers attached to the Welikanda Wild Life office had launched an invesrigatiom over tbe incident and collected evidence from the residents of the area to arrest the culprits who caused the death of the Elephant.