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Saturday, February 23, 2019

A Body Of A Wild Elephant Had Been Recovered In Ampara

Wild Life officers had recovered a

body of a Wild Elephant at Navagiriyawa area in Rajagalatanne ,Ampara yesterday (22).

The deceased Elephant was among a group of Wild Elephants who had entered the Rajagalatanne area in search of food yesterday and Wild Life officers and villagers have chased away the Elephants back to jungle.

However the deceased Elephant had collapsed on the road due to a walking difficulty it has been revealed.

Local And Foreign Tourists Are Due To Be Allowed To Visit Famous "Seven Virgin "Mountain

Authorities have decided to allow Local and Foreign Tourists to visit world famous "Seven Virgin" mountain(Sap tha Kenya ) at Hatton -Maskeliya area t has been announced .

Accordingly tourists will be allowed soon to visit 06 out of the 07 mountains belonging to 'Seven Virgin " Mountain.

This step will be taken to develop local tourism industry accordance to Amba gamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha chairman Jayasanka Perera.

Famous for its natural beauty the mountain is being located in Sri padha road at Hatton -Maskeliya area .

The mountain became famous due to a plane crash occurred there in 1970'"s .