(UTV | COLOMBO) – Lunugamvehera National Park to be named as Yala Zone No VI
The Cabinet of Ministers have approved to declare the “Lunugamvehera National Park” as Yala National Park Zone No. VI instead of maintaining as two National Parks with similar climatic features, biodiversity and ecological characteristics. In 1995, Yala East Reserve and the western region of the Udawalawe National Park covering 23499 hectares have been declared as “Lunugamwehera National Park”, a habitat for errant elephants. This National Park has the same climatic as the Yala National Park and the inhabitant animal species of the two parks are also similar. The proposal was presented by Minister of Wildlife and Forest Conservation.