On the High-level road, Kaluaggala, Sri Lanka.

Water-melons for sale by the roadside.

Concrete works.

A very busy traffic goes past Kaluaggala to Colombo. Two scenes from either side of the road are pictured here.

Sights on the Kaluaggala - Labugama road, Sri Lanka.

A wayside boutique on the Labugama road from Kaluaggala.

Water Lilies - 'Nil Manel' S - Nymphaea stellata, Kahahena, Waga, Sri Lanka.

Hibiscus flowers,'Vadha mal' S - Hibiscus rosa sinensis (Dehradun), Sri Lanka.

Farmers at work on a paddy field, Atale, Sri Lanka.

Manual work with a mammoty.

Ploughing in tandem using two pairs of 'water-buffalos'.

Ploughing using a two-wheeled single cylinder diesel tractor.

The water-buffalos are still used in small fields. The two-wheeled diesel tractors are replacing the buffalos in ploughing and threshing. Small mechanised threshers are also being gradually introduced. In paddy fields with a large acreage tractors and combine harvesters are being hired for use. The latter is causing unemployment among the village folk.