President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada, who is on a two-day state visit, engaged in an inspection tour of the Upper Kotmale Hydro Power Project today (May 05). The power plant project was launched in 2006 with financial assistance from the government of Japan. Japanese ambassador Nobuhito Hobo, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, Deputy Minister Premalal Jayasekara, Minister Susil Premajayantha and several other dignitaries accompanied the president on the visit. (Pictures courtesy: Ministry of Power and Energy – Media Unit)