As I drove up the Tsirang-Wangdue road, I noticed that the
Punasangchu had swollen and its color was a thick murky chocolate. It was
strewn with debris consisting of whole trees and driftwood that it smashed
against huge boulders in its path. The roar was deafening and as it seethed and
frothed through the ravine, I was reminded of nature’s humbling power.
Nature's wrath
When I reached Wangdue, I noticed that there were lots of
people by the river bank - picking up dead or dying fish:
People collecting fish below Wangduephodrang Dzong
Those of you who can differentiate fish would realize that
all the fish in the hands of these people shown above are Yue-Nga or local
fish, except the one in the left hand of the person wearing white shirt and
crouching in the river. That one is brown trout.
Is this proof that the trout species are lot more resilient than our local fish breed?
Floods are bad for aquatic life and in its wake it causes
havoc to the life form living in the rivers. But if there is one thing I learnt
in all my years on this earth, I have learnt that there is a pattern to
nature’s madness. Nothing happens by chance. If it destroys something, it does
so because it wants to foster something else.
Thank you for the vivid pictures. I am able to visualise what a wrathful river looks like (nature's wrath). And these people on the riverside sure are brave to be catching fish in such a strong and swift flowing river. I wonder if the swelling of the river got to do anything with the flasfloods up ahead. Anon.
ReplyDeleteHi Anon,
ReplyDeleteI think the swollen river was caused by the flash floods further up.