Here are more pictures from the project in Puttalam. This was an area previously neglected with hardly any attention from the elite. Now it has everyone talking about it. I thought I was impressed with the drip system irrigation in the UAE, where as I found drip and sprinkler system irrigation in people's houses here in Puttalam! Granted they are largely an agriculture based population, yet the sophistication and progress with times is impressive in Sri Lanka. It is key to note that HE The President Mahinda Rajapakse has done much to promote home gardening and agriculture among the people.