Herd of deer causes a conflict situation at Mattala airport
The Minister of Sustainable Development and Wild Life Gamini Jayawickrema Perera has
instructed the advisor of the ministry Professor Sarath Kotagama to draw up a plan to drive away the herd of deer that is obstructing the activities at the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International airport.It is reported that in an area in the space between the air strip and the security fence there is a herd of deer.This herd needs to be evacuated from this area in order to have the activities of the airport to be conducted smoothly the Minister of Sustainable Development and Wild Life had stressed.
The Minister had added this at a function where the prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe had presided.