Gal Oya Valley Scheme, American Participation & Downstream Development

 Courtesy https://www.sundaytimes.lk/180204/plus/an-ocean-of-gratefulness-still-flows-279447.html An ocean of gratefulness still flows As we celebrate our 70th Independence Day today, a visit to Gal Oya reveals that the memory of D. S. Senanayake, the Father of the Nation, is still dear among the ‘colonists’ and their descendants for giving leadership to post-Independent Sri Lanka’s first mega irrigation scheme. Kumudini Hettiarachchi and Oshani Alwis report View(s): A rare photograph of D.S. Senanayake at the Gal Oya site From atop Inginiyagala, he is the master of all he surveys. Spread before him, to his right is the massive ‘Samudraya’ (ocean), with its waters, taking on a golden hue, glistening in the setting sun and to his left are lush paddy-fields in their green glory. Awe-inspiring is the Gal Oya Multipurpose Scheme with its heart being the Senanayake Samudraya, still retaining the No. 1 position more than 69 years after it was commissioned. Modern machinery of that era as...

  Inginiyagala 1950 – 1960 Dr. Roman Szechowycz Dr. Roman Szechowycz with indigenous people – mid 1950s Group Photo – Dr. Szechowycz in middle. L-R: Mr. (not legible), Mr. P. W. Richards, Mr. Coel Menai North Wales UK, Dr. Roman Szechowycz, Dr. A. J. Kostreamaks Bongor, Mr.. Anwari Dilmy Indonesia, Mr. B. A. Abeyvickram Colombo, Mr. R. A. DeRosaryro Colombo Mrs. Sabina Szechowycz – Inginiyagala (sometime in early 1950s) Dr. Roman Szechowycz with Andreas and Maria. Inginiyagala Post mortem of a pangolin – Andreas  Szechowycz on the right On the way to Nilgala 1955 – Dr. Roman Szechowycz second from right. Andreas Szechowycz with Sabina Szechowycz (mother) getting haircut. Pet monkey name was Jocko Andreas Szechowycz and Maria Avakian (sister) visiting Inginiyagala 2016 Childhood friends: J. D. Lionel Premasiri and Andreas Szechowycz. In front of childhood home at 30 Spillway Road, Inginiyagala