Logjam in rajang river

all of a sudden out of nowhere, at 2pm yesterday a 50km long debris of logs and mud flowed along the rejang river and shocking the entire population in kapit. by 6pm, it was in song. all river activity came to a stand still.

shit...i've never seen anything like that before and dont think i will ever do again. logs, branches, sawn timbers and debris covered the entire width of the river. it was a river of wood. navigation along the river was impossible and people travelling in the express boat were stucked till 9pm before it was safe enough to proceed with their journey.

thousands of fish literally suffocated to death in the river when their gills got clogged up by mud and debris. people living by the rivers had a field day picking up dead fish for free. fish which would have cost rm80/kg in the market.

the source of the logs and debris were thought to have arise from logging camps along the Balleh river, which is a tributary of the rejang river, after heavy rain fall in the last 2 days. imagine how many trees would need to be chopped down in order to produce a 50km long sea of debris.

this logjam has spooked some of the local ibans. they think its a sign that a very bad disaster is about to happen or worst, that the world is coming to and end.

authorities are calling this an ecological disaster and has called for an investigation to find out what cause the logjam. pfftt....any idiot can tell you that the cause is over logging. this is what happens when you rape mother nature in the name of greed.