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Jumbo menace

Raja Waidyasekera - Tissamaharama special corr

Two tuskers from the Sinharaja forest are terrorizing residents of Ilubakanda, Denawakkanda, Galawata, Bambumale in Rakwana. Efforts by residents to chase away the tuskers have proved futile.

Wildlife officials at Weddagala were informed, but there is no response, residents said.

Dengue spreads in Katuwana

Raja Waidyasekera - Tissamaharama special corr

Dengue is spreading once again in Katuwana DS area. Katuwana RDHS Dr R Pushpakumara said Amudamana, Horavinna, Middeniya are dengue prone areas.

Katuwana DS office, Pradeshiya Sabha health authorities are engaged in clearing areas where mosquitoes breed, with the assistance of the residents. RDHS said dengue patients are now treated at Embilipitiya, Kirama and Katuwana hospitals.

First dry zone botanical garden in 2016

Raja Waidyasekera - Tissamaharama special corr

The first dry zone botanical garden in Sri Lanka at Mirijjawila, Hambantota will be vested with the people in 2016.

The construction work commenced in 2006. It was set up to conserve and protect the plants and ayurvedic herbs, Director General, Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, Dr Cyril Wijesundera said.

He said the Avissawella botanical gardens will be for the protection of wet zone plants and ayurvedic herbal plants.

Abandoned infant found

Sivam Packiyanathan, Batticaloa special correspondent

A 15 - day infant was found abandoned in a parked trishaw at Firdhouse Beach Road in Kattankudy by Police last Friday.

The infant was handed over to the Kattankudy Base Hospital who handed over it to the Child Care Unit of the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.

Eleven-year-old killed as lorry crashes into house

Piyasena, Lunugamvehera group corr

A 11-year-old boy was killed when a brick laden lorry crashed into a house in Inguruara in Embilipitiya on Saturday night. Another person who was seriously injured was admitted to the Embilipitiya hospital.

The dead boy had been identified as Kalanchige Lasith, a student while the injured is Morakanda Gamage Sugathadasa. The lorry is under police protection following attempts by villagers to damage it.