The famous Wilpattu park is
affiliated to Wirakkaduwall and
Elewankulama National parks and the proposed Thumbowa National park. A another
proposed National park named HVA Farms Pvt Ltd has been as encroached as
another National park in an area around 300 acres. It is supposed that a son in
law of a Minister in involved in it.
Presently this area is been
flattened with heavy machinery like Backho’s. This area has a lot of precious in
the likes of Ebony, Satin wood and many other types of expensive trees. When
this area is cleared they have blocked for the passage of Elephants found in
abundance to travel across this area which they had got so used to.
The area it seems to be cleared
of the valuable tress that is causing damage to the forest environment which is
against the principles’ of the World heritage protection laws. This in other
words is basic flouting of the rigid laws. They have initially built a proper
road way.The area is developing unlike a human clash.
The Wirakkaduwall and
Elewankulama National parks are in the Puttalam district close to the proposed
Rakshithalya Thumbowa and Ralmaduwas are National parks that had been carried
as unauthorised national parks in an extent of 35 acres forest area for a
number of years. n order to preserve this forest area 225 acres of forest area
had been under the purview of the forest conservation authority. It is known
that a further 75 acres have been under the forest department.
February 24, 2013 | lanka C
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