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.

Bougainvilla in bloom, Victoria Dam site, Sri Lanka.

I saw these colourful Bouganvilla trees in bloom near the Victoria Dam site at Adhikarigama, Sri Lanka.

Railway accident, Sri Lanka.

Everyday life in Sri Lanka. Watch the video to the end and note the limp of the victim walking home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq-pXqmZipI&NR=1

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.

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.