Jumbo centre in Lunugamwehera

Raja Waidyasekera - Tissamaharama Special corr

An elephant conservation centre will be set up at Lunugamwehera on 600 acres for the conservation of elephants. Construction work will commence in 2013, said Agrarian Services and Wildlife deputy minister S M Chandrasena.

He said construction work of another elephant conservation centre was inaugurated at Horowpathathana. It will be opened next year, the deputy minister said.