Bagamoyo: The very huge tree estimated to have lived for nearly one hundred years collapsed within the vicinity of Shia Ithnasheria Mosque after a downfall of heavy rain.
The Muslim Mosque was built sometime in 1889, during the reign of Germany when the country was known as Tanganyika and to the Germans as Deuitch Osta Afrika. There are two more huge trees near the Mosque and still provides shade to the people, including boat builders.
No one was reported to have been injured although the road, Swedish financed, is usually very busy day and night. The end of the branches fell a few meters away from the gate of the mortuary of the Bagamoyo District Hospital Mortuary. The road was blocked for almost two days.
The huge branches were chopped by electric saw and also manually by "pangas" and axes. In Kiswahili, the tree is known by the name of "Mtamba". The roots of the tree, as shown in the pictures, did not go deeper as was expected. However, the tree always stood upright despite heavy wind coming from the Indian Ocean, not far the spot.
On the opposite side of the Mosque, across the road, stands Ismailia Jamaat Khana, having a common boundary with the district hospital.
Story & Pix by Abdul Hai
Bagamoyo News
No comments:
Post a Comment