Delft is a small Island where there are about 4,000 to 5,000 people live. It is also Divisional Secretariat area called Delft itself.
There are horses on Delft Island which were brought in to haul goods during Dutch era. Now they have adapted to native conditions in the Delft. It is estimated that there are about 400 to 500 medium sized horses live here.
This horse population is controlled naturally. The Delft region experiences a drought from June to September. With this drought, old animals and their young are died whilst the strong animals are survived. The Department of Wildlife bowsers supply water to tanks built in the park. However, during this period animals are died.
From Kalpitiya to Jaffna the sea is shallow. There are dugong mammals in this sea. They feed on sea grasses. The sea grasses grow from Jaffna to there in the bottom of the shallow sea. One dugong species is endemic to the area. Dugong is an endangered species as well.
There is a special tree called ‘Baobab’ on this Delft Island. This is a tree introduced from South Africa. There is a similar tree in ThalaiMannar as well. Sri Lanka has only these two trees.
Tourists are also visit to the island. They have private boats to travel. The Wildlife staff report to work in a boat belonging to the Wildlife Department. In addition, a boat which can carry about 100 people belongs to the Road Development Authority arrives on the island at about 8.00 am. You can travel on that boat for free of charge. The boat is operated by the Navy.
Migratory birds also visit Delft Island. It is not a special case for the Delft Island, but it may have been a pleasure for the birds to be a part of it after the war, when the environment returned to normal.
Mr. G. U. Saranga joined the Wildlife Department in 1983 as a Ranger and he was fortunate to work in various National Parks and Sanctuaries. He received his basic training at the Yala and Wilpattu Sanctuaries. He was in charge of the Sigiriya Sanctuary and later worked at the Minneriya National Park and then at the Wasgamuwa National Park for seven years. He also served as Park Warden at Horton Plains National Park from 2004-2005 and 2009-2002. Mr. Saranga was later promoted to Assistant Director and was in charge of the Kilinochchi area and later the Ampara area. He is currently in charge of the Vavuniya region.
Mr. Saranga completed a 9-month Diploma course awarded by the Department of Wildlife in 1995 and trained for three months at the Wildlife Institute in Dehradun, India. He has also completed short training courses in countries such as Korea, the Philippines and Thailand.
Mr. Saranga’s house is located in Katugastota, Kandy.
Delft Island is located in the northwestern part of the country and south of the Indian Ocean, far away from the inhabited islands of Sri Lanka. Delft Island is an island with a long history which is fascinated by the natural beauty of the Jaffna Peninsula and shaped by the ruins of historic buildings.
This island belongs to the Jaffna Administrative District of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. An area of 1846.2 hectares on Neduntiv (Delft) Island has been declared as a National Park, in accordance with the provisions of the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance, by a special gazette notification dated 22nd June 2015.
Located 35 km southwest of Jaffna, the oval-shaped island covers an area of 50 square kilometers while the maximum length is 8 km and the width is 6 km. Delft Island, located at the western tip of the Jaffna Peninsula, 80 km off the Indian mainland, 42 km from Talaimannar and Rameshwaram, situated in the middle of the Palk Strait, is the second largest island in Sri Lanka.
All over Delft Island there are the ruins of the Portuguese and Dutch colonial era and the Buddhist ruins dating back to erlier times. The history of the island dates back to the Chola dynasty, about 1000 years ago, and ancient stupas can also be seen on the west coast of the island. The island became more famous during the Dutch era and is home to the only colonial fortress, the Mekhanam, which was used by the Portuguese and later by the Dutch. The Queen’s Tower, a simple lighthouse built by the Dutch on the south coast of Delft Island.
The specialty of this park is that you can see wild horse type endemic to Delphi which are not found in other parks in Sri Lanka. The wild horses found in the park were brought from Arabia by the Portuguese in the 16th century and later bred by the Dutch and sold to ships passing through the seafront across Delft. After the Dutch left the country, these horses gradually became wild horses. These horses in Delft are often referred to as “ponies”.
A shallow coastal region, the rainy season lasts from October to February, but there are also days when the sky is blue throughout the rainy season. Annual rainfall is about 750 mm, and generally during the dry summer months of the northern hemisphere, this area receives a total lack of rainfall. Annual rainfall is very low and shows semi-arid zone characteristics. In the center of the island are two lakes, VeddukKulam and Periya Kulam.
Plants adapted to dry climates and Porous coraline soils set up in the area can be found in the garden. Early settlers seem to have fully exposed it, and local weather conditions seem to be at a standstill due to the harsh weather and grazing of herbivores. Among the identified species are 209 species of flowering plants, 29 species of shrubs, 67 species of non-flowering plants and about 70 species of herbs. The palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer) is abundant throughout the island. The garden plant Baobab (Adansonia digitata) is a species native to Ethiopia in tropical Africa. This plant is believed to have been planted here by Arab traders. The trunk of this plant has a large hole in it that is large enough for several people to easily stand on. The trunk is about 12 m high and 15 m in circumference.
Among the reported flowering species are the endangered Fimbristylis dipsacea, five endangered species of Ipomoea coptica, Cocculus hirsutus and Peplidium maritimum, as well as 11 endangered species. Among the marine plants, Sargassum and Caulerpa algae species are abundant. Among the animal species found in the park, there are 11 species of mammals, one species of amphibian, 08 species of reptiles, 101 species of birds, 15 species of butterflies and 10 species of dragonflies.
The Delph Pony (wild horse) or Equus caballus is the predominant mammal in Delft National Park. About 1000 of them live in the park. Also, small mammals include the Brown Mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus), Gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii), Black naped hare (Lepus nigricollis), and Flying fox (Pteropus giganteus).
Reptile species include the saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus), the common garden lizard (Calotes versicolor).
The park shows more bird diversity and is also a great resting place for many migratory birds. Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius), Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Silverbill (Lonchura malabarica), Gray francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus), Eurasian collared dove (Decoptera) , Black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) are some of the bird species found here.
Butterfly species include Crimoson rose (Pachliopta hector), Striped pierrot (Tarucus nara), Small samon arab while (Colotis amata) and Pruinosed bloodtail (Lathrecista asiatica) are the common dragonflies in here.
Visitors from Colombo can reach Jaffna via the Kurunegala-Dambulla-Medawachchiya-Vavuniya-Kilinochchi-Elephant Pass-Kayts Road and the total distance from Colombo is 389 km. From there you can reach reach the Kurikattuwan Naval Jetty of the Kayts Road for by travelling 31 km. More than a hundred people are transported to the island at one time by two large Navy-controlled boats, the Vadataraki and the Kumudini, used by the Road Development Authority to reach Delft National Park from the jetty. Starting at around 8.30 am, there will be about five boat trips, including these two boats. Delft Island can be reached after a 14-kilometer voyage of about an hour by sea. A bus service is in operation on the island. Accommodation and tourist centers run by the Northern Provincial Council are also in operation for tourists visiting the island.
The developed area of the island, which suitable for the plant growth and not subject to flooding is about 1/4 of the total land area whilst the remaining is reserved for wildlife. The total population is approximately 5,000 persons.
காட்டு குழி முயல்
Black naped hare
குட்டைவால் இந்திய சாம்பல் கீரிப்பிள்ளை
Common garden lizard
Saw- scaled viper
පොදු උකුසු ගොයා
පුංචි මාල ඔලෙවියා
சிறிய வளையம் கொண்ட பிளவர்
Little ringed plover
யுரேஷியா காலர் புறா
Eurasian collared dove
මහා කොණ්ඩ මුහුදු ළිහිණියා
பெரிய முகடு டெர்டன்
Great crested tern
கறுப்பு கிரீடம் அணிந்த நைட் ஹெரான்
Black-crowned night -heron
சிறிய சால்மன் அரபு
මුහුදු ශාක විශේෂ
கடற் தாவர வகைகள்
Ocean plant Sps
මුහුදු ශාක විශේෂ
கடற் தாவர வகைகள்
Ocean plant Sps
Editor – Dammika Malsinghe, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation (MWFRC)
Article on park written by– Hasini Sarathchandra, Chief Media Officer, Department of Wildlife Coservation (DWLC), MaheshaChathuraniPerera (Graduate Trainee), (DWLC)
Tamil Translations– A.R.F. Rifna, Development Officer, MWFRC
English Translations – Asoka Palihawadana, Translator, MWFRC
Web Designing–N.I.Gayathri, Development Officer, MWFC-C.A.D.D.A. Kollure, Management Service Officer, MWFRC
Photography– Rohitha Gunawardana, DWLC
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Delft ni kisiwa kidogo cha kisiwa cha Delft, na watu wachache zaidi ya 4,000 wanaishi huko. Pia ni eneo la Katibu wa Idara inayoitwa Delft yenyewe. Kuna farasi katika Kisiwa cha Delft ambao waliletwa ili kubeba bidhaa wakati wa enzi ya Uholanzi. Sasa wamebadilika na kuishi katika mazingira ya asili ya Delft. Inakadiriwa kuwa kuna farasi kati ya 400 na 500 wanaoishi katika eneo hilo. Idadi hii ya farasi inadhibitiwa kwa njia ya asili. Eneo la Delft huwa na ukame kuanzia Juni hadi Septemba. Kwa sababu ya ukame huo, wanyama wazee na watoto wao hufa huku wanyama wenye nguvu wakiokoka. Mifereji ya Idara ya Wanyama wa Pori hutoa maji kwa matangi yaliyojengwa katika mbuga hiyo. Hata hivyo, katika kipindi hicho wanyama hufa. Kutoka Kalpitiya hadi Jaffna bahari ni ya chini. Kuna mamalia wa aina ya dugong katika bahari hii. Wao hula nyasi za baharini. Nyasi za baharini hukua kutoka Jaffna hadi hapo chini ya bahari isiyo na kina kirefu. Spishi moja ya dugong ni ya kienyeji katika eneo hilo. Dugong pia ni spishi inayokabili hatari ya kutoweka. Kuna mti maalum unaoitwa <unk>Baobab<unk> katika Kisiwa hiki cha Delft. Mti huu uliletwa kutoka Afrika Kusini. Kuna mti kama huo katika ThalaiMannar pia. Sri Lanka ina miti hii miwili tu. Watalii pia hutembelea kisiwa hicho. Wana mashua za kibinafsi za kusafiri. Wafanyakazi wa Wanyamapori wanaripoti kufanya kazi katika mashua inayomilikiwa na Idara ya Wanyamapori. Kwa kuongezea, mashua ambayo inaweza kubeba watu 100 inayomilikiwa na Mamlaka ya Maendeleo ya Barabara inafika kisiwa hicho karibu saa 8 asubuhi. Unaweza kusafiri kwa mashua hiyo bila malipo. Mashua hiyo inaendeshwa na Jeshi la Wanamaji. Ndege wanaohama-hama pia hutembelea Kisiwa cha Delft. Ni sehemu ya kisiwa cha Delft, lakini ni sehemu ya kihistoria ya kihistoria ya kisiwa hicho, na ni sehemu ya kihistoria ya kihistoria ya kihistoria ya kihistoria ya kihistoria ya kihistoria. G.U. Saranga alijiunga na Idara ya Wanyamapori mnamo 1983 kama Ranger na alikuwa na bahati ya kufanya kazi katika Hifadhi za Kitaifa na Hifadhi mbalimbali. Alipata mafunzo yake ya msingi katika Hifadhi za Yala na Wilpattu. Aliwahi kuwa mkurugenzi wa Hifadhi ya Sigiriya na baadaye alifanya kazi katika Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Minneriya na kisha katika Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Wasgamuwa kwa miaka saba. Pia alitumikia kama Mlinzi wa Hifadhi katika Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Horton Plains kutoka 2004-2005 na 2009-2002. Baadaye, Saranga alipandishwa cheo na kuwa Msaidizi wa Mkurugenzi na alikuwa na jukumu la eneo la Kilinochchi na baadaye eneo la Ampara. Hivi sasa anaongoza mkoa wa Vavuniya. Saranga alimaliza kozi ya miezi tisa ya Diploma iliyotolewa na Idara ya Wanyamapori mnamo 1995 na mafunzo kwa miezi mitatu katika Taasisi ya Wanyamapori huko Dehradun, India. Pia amemaliza kozi fupi za mafunzo katika nchi kama vile Korea, Ufilipino na Thailand. Nyumba ya Mheshimiwa Saranga iko katika Katugastota, Kandy. Kisiwa cha Delft iko katika sehemu ya kaskazini magharibi ya nchi na kusini mwa Bahari ya Hindi, mbali na visiwa vilivyo na watu wa Sri Lanka. Kisiwa cha Delft ni kisiwa chenye historia ndefu ambacho kinavutia kwa uzuri wa asili wa Peninsula ya Jaffna na umbo la magofu ya majengo ya kihistoria. Kisiwa hiki ni cha Wilaya ya Usimamizi ya Jaffna ya Mkoa wa Kaskazini wa Sri Lanka. Eneo la hekta 1846.2 kwenye kisiwa cha Neduntev (Delft) limetangazwa kama Hifadhi ya Kitaifa, kulingana na masharti ya Amri ya Ulinzi wa Fauna na Mimea, na taarifa maalum ya gazeti la tarehe 22 Juni 2015. Kisiwa hicho kiko umbali wa kilomita 35 kusini magharibi mwa mji wa Jaffna na kina ukubwa wa kilomita 50 kwa mraba, na urefu wake ni kilomita 8 na upana ni kilomita 6. Kisiwa cha Delft, kilichoko upande wa magharibi wa peninsula ya Jaffna, kilomita 80 kutoka bara la India, kilomita 42 kutoka Talaimanar na Rameshwaram, katikati ya Mlango-Bahari wa Palk, ni kisiwa cha pili kwa ukubwa nchini Sri Lanka. Katika kisiwa cha Delft kuna magofu ya enzi ya kikoloni ya Ureno na Uholanzi na magofu ya Kibuddha ya nyakati za mapema. Historia ya kisiwa hicho ni ya karne ya XNUMX, wakati wa utawala wa Chola, na kuna stupa za kale katika pwani ya magharibi ya kisiwa hicho. Kisiwa hicho kilijulikana sana wakati wa utawala wa Uholanzi na ni makao ya ngome pekee ya kikoloni, Mekanam, ambayo ilitumiwa na Wareno na baadaye na Uholanzi. Mnara wa Malkia, mnara wa taa rahisi uliojengwa na Waholanzi kwenye pwani ya kusini ya Kisiwa cha Delft. Hifadhi hii ina aina ya farasi wa mwituni ambao hawapatikani katika mbuga nyingine za Sri Lanka. Farasi wa mwituni waliopatikana katika mbuga hiyo waliletwa kutoka Arabia na Wareno katika karne ya 16 na baadaye walipandwa na Waholanzi na kuuzwa kwa meli zilizopita kwenye pwani ya Delft. Baada ya Waholanzi kuondoka nchini humo, farasi hao walianza kutumiwa kama farasi wa mwituni. Farasi hao huko Delft mara nyingi huitwa <unk>ponies<unk>. Eneo la pwani lenye maji machache, msimu wa mvua huanza Oktoba hadi Februari, lakini pia kuna siku ambazo anga huwa na rangi ya bluu wakati wote wa msimu wa mvua. Mvua ya kila mwaka ni karibu 750 mm, na kwa ujumla wakati wa miezi ya kiangazi kavu ya hemisphere ya kaskazini, eneo hili hupokea ukosefu kamili wa mvua. Mvua ya kila mwaka ni ndogo sana na inaonyesha sifa za eneo la nusu kavu. Katikati ya kisiwa hicho kuna maziwa mawili, VeddukKulam na Periya Kulam. Mimea iliyobadilishwa kwa hali ya hewa kavu na udongo wa korali wenye madoa uliowekwa katika eneo hilo inaweza kupatikana katika bustani. Inaonekana kwamba wahamiaji wa mapema waliifunua kabisa, na hali ya hewa ya mahali hapo inaonekana kuwa imesimama kwa sababu ya hali mbaya ya hewa na malisho ya wanyama wanaokula mimea. Kati ya aina hizo, kuna aina 209 za mimea yenye maua, aina 29 za vichaka, aina 67 za mimea isiyo na maua na aina 70 za mimea ya mitishamba. Mtende wa palmyra (Borassus flabellifer) unapatikana kwa wingi kotekote katika kisiwa hicho. Mti wa Baobab (Adansonia digitata) ni spishi ya asili ya Ethiopia katika Afrika ya kitropiki. Inasemekana kwamba mmea huo ulipandwa hapa na wafanyabiashara Waarabu. Mti huo una shimo kubwa ambalo linaweza kusimama watu kadhaa. Mti huo una urefu wa mita 12 na mduara wa mita 15. Miongoni mwa spishi zilizoripotiwa ni Fimbristylis dipsacea, aina tano za Ipomoea coptica, Cocculus hirsutus na Peplidium maritimum, na spishi 11 za aina nyingine. Miongoni mwa mimea ya baharini, aina za mwani wa Sargassum na Caulerpa ni nyingi. Miongoni mwa wanyama wanaopatikana katika mbuga hiyo, kuna spishi 11 za mamalia, spishi moja ya amfibia, spishi 8 za wanyama wanaotambaa, spishi 101 za ndege, spishi 15 za vipepeo na spishi 10 za vipepeo. Pony wa Delph (farasi wa mwituni) au Equus caballus ni mnyama wa mamalia anayeishi katika Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Delft. Karibu watu elfu moja wanaishi katika mbuga hiyo. Pia, mamalia wadogo wanatia ndani mnyama anayeitwa Brown Mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus), mnyama anayeitwa Gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii), mnyama anayeitwa Black naped hare (Lepus nigricollis), na mbweha anayeitwa Flying fox (Pteropus giganteus). Spishi za wanyama-watambaa zinatia ndani nyoka anayeitwa saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus), na nyoka anayeitwa garden lizard (Calotes versicolor). Hifadhi hiyo ina aina nyingi zaidi za ndege na pia ni mahali pazuri pa kupumzika kwa ndege wengi wanaohama-hama. Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Silverbill (Lonchura malabarica), Gray Francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus), Eurasian Collared Dove (Decoptera), Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) ni baadhi ya spishi za ndege zinazopatikana hapa. Aina za vipepeo ni pamoja na Crimson rose (Pachliopta hector), Striped pierrot (Tarucus nara), Small samon arab wakati (Colotis amata) na Pruinosed bloodtail (Lathrecista asiatica) ni vipepeo wa kawaida hapa. Kwa hivyo, watu wanaotembelea mji wa Colombo wanaweza kufika Jaffna kupitia barabara ya Kurunegala-Dambulla-Medawachchiya-Vavuniya-Kilinochchi-Elephant Pass-Kayts, ambayo ni umbali wa kilomita 389. Kutoka hapo unaweza kufikia Kurikattuwan Naval Jetty ya barabara ya Kayts kwa kusafiri kilomita 31. Zaidi ya watu mia moja husafirishwa kwa wakati mmoja kwenye kisiwa hicho kwa mashua mbili kubwa zinazodhibitiwa na Jeshi la Wanamaji, Vadataraki na Kumudini, zinazotumiwa na Mamlaka ya Maendeleo ya Barabara kufikia Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Delft kutoka jetty. Kuanzia saa 8 na nusu asubuhi, kutakuwa na safari tano za mashua, ikiwa ni pamoja na mashua hizi mbili. Kisiwa cha Delft kinaweza kufikiwa baada ya safari ya kilomita 14 ya bahari. Huduma ya basi inafanya kazi kwenye kisiwa hicho. 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