Saturday 4 January 2014

Sister's tears - Lacrime della sorella - बहन के आँसू

Umiam Barapaani lake, Meghalaya, India - images by Sunil Deepak, 2010
Umiam Barapaani lake, Meghalaya, India - images by Sunil Deepak, 2010
Umiam Barapaani lake, Meghalaya, India - images by Sunil Deepak, 2010

Meghalaya, India: Barapaani (literally "Big waters") lake on the way from Guwahati to Shillong is called Umiam in Khasi language. It was created by building of a dam on Umiam river in 1964. A Khasi mythology story says that two sisters were coming down from the sky to earth, but one was lost on the way, and the river Umiam was created by the tears of the sister who reached the earth. Due to the rising population of Shillong and the cutting of the trees from the surrounding hills, lake pollution is increasing and because of the silt, its ground level is rising.

मेघालय, भारतः गुवाहाटी से शिलौंग के रास्ते पर बड़ा पानी झील को खासी भाषा में उमियम झील कहते हैं. यह उमियम नदी पर 1964 में बाँध बनाने से बनी है. एक खासी कथा के अनुसार दो बहने आसमान से धरती पर उतरी, पर रास्ते में एक बहन खो गयी. जो बहन धरती पर आयी, वह अपनी बहन के लिए बहुत रोयी और उसके आँसुओं से उमियम नदी बनी. शिलौंग की बढ़ती जनसंख्या तथा आसपास की पहाड़ियों पर पेड़ों के कटने से झील में प्रदूषण बढ़ा है और मिट्टी कूड़ा आने से इस झील में भूमि का स्तर भी बढ़ रहा है.

Meghalaya, India: Il lago Barapaani (letteralmente "le acque grandi") sulla strada che va da Guwahati a Shillong, si chiama Umiam nella lingua khasi. Era stata creata nel 1964 dalla costruzione di una diga sul fiume Umiam. Una storia khasi racconta di due sorelle che venivano giù dal cielo ma durante il viaggio una delle sorelle si era persa, e il fiume Umiam era stato creato dalle lacrime della sorella arrivata sulla terra. L'aumento della popolazione di Shillong e il disboscamento delle colline circostanti hanno contribuito al crescente inquinamento del lago e all'innalzamento del suo fondo.

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