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.