The project titled ‘Let’s Return Kala Wewa to the Elephants’, part of the Clean Sri Lanka initiative, has been successfully carried out in the floodplain areas of Kala Wewa National Park.
According to the Presidential Media Division (PMD), the initiative was implemented over a three-day period.
Reports indicate that the widespread growth of invasive plant species, including the Common water hyacinth (locally known as Jaan Jabara), has caused significant loss of natural grasslands essential for wild elephants across many tank beds in the North Central Province.
In response, invasive plants—particularly Japan Jabara—were removed from the tank beds of Kala Wewa and several lakes in the Anuradhapura district. The PMD added that more than 20 acres of land, previously overrun by invasive species, were fully cleared as part of the project.
