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2 sources·Updated 9h ago

Polonnaruwa to get new elephant transit home

A new elephant transit home is planned on 15 hectares of land in Kalahagala, near Polonnaruwa, to treat orphaned and…

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Image: News FirstNews First•11h agoNew Elephant Transit Home to Be Established

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NewsWire English•9h agoPolonnaruwa to get new elephant transit home

Summary

A decision has been taken to establish a new Elephant Transit Home in Kalahagala, Polonnaruwa. Currently, Sri Lanka's only Elephant Transit Home is in Udawalawe . The District Secretary further added that establishing this Elephant Transit Home will help boost tourism in the Polonnaruwa District and create job opportunities for local residents through services such as providing food required for the elephant calves.

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Names and places drawn from every article in this story. The number shows how many of them mentioned it.

People
  • Sujantha Ekanayake2
  • Sumith Pilapitiya
Organisations
  • Department of Forest Conservation
  • Forest Department
Places
  • Polonnaruwa2
  • Kalahagala2
  • Sri Lanka2
  • Udawalawe2
  • Polonnaruwa District
  • North Central
  • Northern
Keywords
  • elephant2
  • transit2
  • home2
  • established
  • hectares
  • orphaned
  • calves
  • treat
  • get
  • new

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Oct 24, 12:13 PM
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Oct 24, 1:50 PM

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