Sri Lanka has taken a decisive step to protect both wildlife and railway passengers with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to introduce advanced technology aimed at preventing wild elephant–train collisions.

The MoU was signed yesterday (01) at the President’s Media Centre under the patronage of Presidential Secretary Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, coordinated through the Clean Sri Lanka programme.

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