A reservoir within two national parks-by MAHIL WIJESINGHE Source:Sundayobserver The conservation of the environment comprising its fauna and flora, becomes a vital necessity for its preservation of the ecology when a reservoir is constructed as a result of damming a river or Oya. Hence the concept of the creation of a national park came in the wake of damming the Kirindi Oya which resulted in the construction of the Lunugamvehera Reservoir in 1985/86 and the Weheragala reservoir damming the Menik Ganga in Yala Block V in 2009. The drive along the Kataragama-Buttala road is a wild one where nature’s inhabitants reign. The main road bisects the wilderness, thus Yala Block III is on the side of the park office and on the other side of the road Yala Block IV and V, where the entrance is with boards indicating, the Yala National Park, Lunugamvehera as well as Weheragala reservoirs. Walking ...
