Wild elephant training centre to be set up

For the first in Sri Lanka, a wild elephant training centre is to be established in the Kurunegala District and its construction work will be launched shortly at Mahayaya Estate in Pannala area of Katugampola electorate near Ma Oya stream bank.

Kurunegala District UNP parliamentarian and Minister of Wildlife and Sustainable Development, Gamini Jayawickrama Perera said that a land 50 acres in extent has been allocated for this purpose and he confirmed that this novel project is to begin very soon.