Elephant Orphanage & Elephant Lore: Dilmah Initiative at Uda Walawe-by Kamanthi Wickramasinghe Source:Thuppahis Kamanthi Wickramasinghe, in Daily Mirror, 25 March 2024, where the title reads thus: “Üda Walawe ETH: A home away from home for baby elephants” Spectators witnessing another busy feeding hour at the Uda Walawe ETH —Pix courtesy: Dilmah ConservationhInauguration of ‘Elephant Knowledge Walk’ In a bid to spread more awareness among visitors to the Uda Walawe ETH, Dilmah Conservation in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Conservation renovated the ‘Elephant Knowledge Walk’ to educate local and international visitors on why the Asian elephant needs to be protected. Apart from that a souvenir shop was also opened to support local communities. The Uda Walawe ETH was set up to rehabilitate elephants that were orphaned due to various reasons including the Human-Elephant Conflict. At the ETH, elephant calves have very little contact with humans which is vital to boost their chances of survival in ...
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The dam that nurtures Uda Walawe – By MAHIL WIJESINGHE Source : sundayobserver The sprawling Uda Walawe reservoir of Embilipitiya is one of the largest irrigation schemes in the South-Central area of the island. The Walawe basin nestling in parts of the Ratnapura, Hambantota and Moneragala districts is adorned with many tourist attractions. Among them, the most popular attractions are the Uda Walawe reservoir and its adjoining Udawalawe National Park. Having crossed over this reservoir embankment on many occasions during my visits to Southern and Eastern destinations, I take a peek into this magnificent work of irrigation engineers of years gone by. It was a great moment in the history of the irrigation sector in then Ceylon in the latter part of 1950, when former Prime Minister, the late Sir John Kotelawala inaugurated work on the Walawe Ganga reservoir scheme, the second multi-purpose project undertaken in Ceylon after the country ...
Jan 9, 2023
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Ridiyagama Safari Park is a place where you can see many animals that are not seen in Sri Lanka-by Hasitha Wijewardena A very interesting 8 minute video. Narration is in Sinhala Ridiyagama is in South Central Sri Lanka close to the Uda Walawe reservoir where elephants reside in the surrounding jungles. ...
Nov 6, 2021
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