Green again Cha Ha river

(Baonghean) - Cha Ha stream flows through Yen Tinh, Yen Na and Yen Hoa communes of Tuong Duong district, then meets Nam Ngan stream and flows into Huoi Nguyen river. Not only valuable for landscape and environment, Cha Ha also provides irrigation water for rice fields, providing fish and shrimp for people in villages along both banks. However, due to the reserves of placer gold, in previous years Cha Ha stream was dug up, the stream bed was littered with rocks and soil, the stream banks were full of gold mining holes, the water turned red, fish and shrimp could not survive.

Recently, the alluvial gold mining along Cha Ha stream has gradually decreased, the river is clear and blue again. Cha Ha stream has revived, rice fields are green again, shrimp and fish have returned, herds of buffalo and cows leisurely graze...

Some images captured by Nghe An Newspaper reporters along Cha Ha stream in late March 2015.

Cha Ha stream water gradually becomes clear again.

People scoop fish along the stream.

Green rice fields along Cha Ha stream.

Photo series:Kien - Phuong