Two more electric fences to ward off jumbos

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Priyanka Kurugala

The Wildlife Department will erect two electric fences in the upper areas of Lunugamvehera and Udawalawa to combat the growing human - elephant conflict in the Uva province, Wildlife Director General H D Rathnayake said.

The length of each fence will be 40 kilometres, he said. Plans are underway to build the fences within two weeks, Rathnayake said.

This will help reduce the human - elephant conflict by 90 percent, the Director General said.

Common Differences will be screened at 25/1, Centre Road, Battaramulla on March 21 at 6 pm. It will be hosted by former Sri Lankan ambassador to the UN in Geneva Tamara Kunanayagam and followed by a discussion chaired by South African ambassador Geoff Doidge.

Common Differences is a documentary film that as Parliamentarian Eran Wickremaratne advocates in the moving opening sequence, attempts to provide a balanced insight to the Sri Lanka ethnic conflict. It explores the reasons for and the development of conflict in Sri Lanka through interviews with a wide range of stakeholders. The film also opens up the question as to where and how Sri Lanka should proceed.

Given the emotions involved, the production team of Suren de Silva and Daniel Ridicki refrains from commentary, instead simply using interviews by Sri Lanka political, academic, media and NGO stakeholders. These include the Bishop of Mannar, the Secretary of Defence, journalists Iqbal Athas and C A Chandraprema, NGO activist Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, academics Dayan Athukoralage, Imran Furkan and Stanley Samarasinghe and politicians Vinatagamoorthy Muralitharan and Eran Wickramaratne.

The telling of the story also leads to constructive propositions for nation building. A sequel entitled Healing the Wounds is now in pre-production phase. The screening will be followed by a discussion of the issues with Jeevan Thiagarajah, Javid Yusuf, Jehan Perera and Prof Rajiva Wijesinha who were also interviewed. They will answer questions and provide clarifications as possible. Contact 011-2559191 during working hours to confirm participation or email rajiva.wijesinha@googlemail.com.

Centre Road is the second turn to the left off the road that runs behind the Parliament vehicle park. This road is parallel to the road leading from the Parliament entrance to Battaramulla

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