Youth invents explosives detector

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the Government is out to help the innovative youths and promote their inborn talents.

The President said so when a promising village youth Kelum Wadasinghe of Weligama, Matara displayed his invention, a new apparatus to detect hidden explosive in vehicles.

Equipped with a video camera and a high-powered bulb, the device can check boats, fuel tanks in vehicles and small bridges for hidden explosives. The apparatus has cost him only Rs. 40,000.

Ven. Rathmalketiye Siridhamma Thera, Ven. Atthudawe Dharmapala Thera, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Heads of Armed Forces and Inspector General of Police were also present on the occasion.