Colombo, Dec. 4 (Daily Mirror) - Two spill gates of the Kala Wewa have been opened by four feet each as of 9:00 a.m. today (04) in response to rising water levels, the Department of Irrigation said.

In parallel with the Clean Sri Lanka initiative, the Kala Wewa Back to the Elephants project was successfully carried out over three days in the floodplains surrounding the Kala Wewa National Park.

The artificial lake with two reservoirs in the North-Central Province was damaged. The original irrigation system, which dates to the 5th century, is crucial for thousands of people who still depend ...

A group of farmers conducted a deva pooja seeking punishment for the unauthorised persons who have excavated and damaged the rock near Kala Wewa. History records that the reservoir was constructed in ...

More than 200 elephants, in four herds, could be seen in the up-streams of Kala Wewa and Balalu Wewa during day and evening times, as pointed out by the villagers. The elephants are seen leisurely ...

In a landmark conservation initiative, Sri Lanka is set to embark on a large-scale program to restore the grasslands of Kala Wewa National Park, a historically rich habitat once renowned as the royal ...

A massive tusker known as ‘Dighadantu 01’, which roamed the Kala Wewa sanctuary, has tragically died after being electrocuted. The Department of Wildlife reported that the elephant, which had been ...

All passengers of a bus swept away by rising floodwaters on the Kalawewa Bridge along the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road have been rescued, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda said. The group of ...