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| Tuesday, 21 September 2004 |
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by Florence Wickramage The Department of Wildlife Conservation has adopted a series of relief measures to provide drinking water to the animals at the Yala National Park which is seriously affected by the drought, Director General (DWLC) Dayananda Kariyawasam told the Daily News yesterday. Among ongoing relief work is the restoration and reconstruction of already existing tanks (wewas) and the construction of new tanks. On the instructions of Environment and Natural Resources Minister A.H.M. Fowzie the DWLC has constructed 10 more new water tanks in addition to the 20 wewas already existing within the park. The Yala National Park covers an extent of 97,180.0 hectares. Minister Fowzie instructed DWLC officials to attend to the reconstruction work of the already existing tanks before the rainy season begins. The DWLC is also providing water to the park animals by bowsers. Kariyawasam requests animal-lovers and philanthropists to support the Department in its efforts by providing buckets and containers to store water in the park. Minister Fowzie who went on an inspection tour of the Yala National Park recently instructed DWLC officials to take action to beautify the park since Yala among other parks attracts a large number of local and foreign visitors throughout the year. The DWLC is presently attending to the maintenance work of the park bungalows Kariyawasam said. |
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