Sunday, August 21, 2011

 Minipe waterway traversing under a road after going over a stream and proceeding on its way to water the paddy fields in the dry zone around Mahiyangana.
 Another bridge over the same waterway further downstream. Water is pumped from this waterway for household needs using electric pumps. Use of a Hydraulic Ram, which uses the power of the flowing stream and which is literally free of maintainance would be a better alternative.

An aqueduct at Minipe.


The water in the concrete channel at Minipe, is carried over a river bed by a concrete aqueduct shown in the above two pictures

Concrete waterway at Minipe

Concrete waterway
Waterway emptying into a reservoir
The waters of the Mahaweli Ganga are conducted for purposes of irrigation via these concrete waterways. The water reaches quite high and people bathe in this artificially created stream at Minipe.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Friday, August 19, 2011

Thursday, August 18, 2011

The lack of rain and the Victoria Project, Sri Lanka.


The bed of the Victoria reservoir upstream and the bed of the river downstream from the site of the dam on 12th August 2011. The rains had not arrived but power generation, the aim of the Victoria project was still going on.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The Victoria Dam, Sri Lanka.






The egg-shell shaped concrete dam built across the Mahaweli Ganga at Adhikarigama for power generation. This dam was designed and erected on British aid to Sri Lanka.
         Mr.Aruppola, Engineer in Charge, Victoria Project.  Mr.Weerasinghe Technical Officer, on right.