Video: Two new national parks to be declared this month

2 October 2015 06:19 pm

The banks of Kala Wewa and Balalu Wewa are to be declared as national wild life parks by the Ministry of Wildlife on October 17.

The area has a high density of flora and fauna and a number of tourists visit the area on a daily basis.

It is reported the banks are home to some of the largest elephant herds in Sri Lanka. At least about 50 tuskers are among those herds.

It is also said that Minister Sajith Premadasa who is a frequent visitor of the area had named each and every tusker in the herd. (Tex and Video by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa)