Roger Jacob
Water flows unmolested by blaring music, splashing feet or dirty pots under a bamboo canopy at a deserted Caura River last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
WITH so many people forced into their homes by stay-at-home measures enacted to slow the spread of covid19, nature – the land, sea, rivers, flora and fauna – has had a chance to “recuperate” over the last few weeks in TT.
Newsday photographer Roger Jacob visited Caura River last Thursday and was able to capture images of the untouched waterway on behalf of our readers. Unfortunately, there was still some trace of the scars left by human passing at the popular venue for "river limes."
Water flows unmolested by blaring music, splashing feet or dirty pots under a bamboo canopy at a deserted Caura River last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
Now that people are forced to stay away, fresh-water fish have a chance to return to the clear waters of the Caura River last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
A Poui tree in full bloom at a deserted Caura River Recreational Site last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
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Water flows quietly under a bamboo canopy at a deserted Caura River last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
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Crystal clear water flows over rocks and fallen bamboo at a deserted Caura River last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
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The recreational site at the Caura River stands beautiful, quiet and deserted as it should be while stay-at-home measures remain in place last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
Stay-at-home measures in place to stop the spread of covid19 should have kept visitors away from Caura River but someone was still able to visit long enough to abandon an old fridge, washing machine and other garbage at a shed near a footpath to the popular waterway by last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
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Caura River and its environs should have the chance to "breathe" while stay-at-home measures are in place but some people still saw it fit to dump garbage near the entrance to the river's recreational site. The garbage was still piling up last Thursday. - ROGER JACOB
A notice installed at the entrance to the Caura River Recreational Site by the Tunapuna Regional Corporation hopes to discourage unwanted visitors to the riverside as Government tries to enforce stay-at-home measures across the country. - ROGER JACOB
Comments
"Caura River untouched"