Sri Lanka, April 22 -- Environmental advocate Supun Lahiru Prakash has raised concerns about the effectiveness of simply designating elephant corridors in resolving Sri Lanka's long-standing human-elephant conflict.

Prakash's remarks come in response to the government's recent move to designate three regions in the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts as official elephant corridors. He argues that while this approach may be part of the solution, it is far from a comprehensive fix.

"We think that this decrease is because the government and the department of wildlife conservation stopped drives during the year 2024, and at the same time, they didn't send any elephants to the elephant holding ground in Horowpothana. On the other hand, th...