He saw a crowd listening to a man who was talking from the rostrum of a kitchen-chair.

Sardanas begin with an improvised fluviol solo introduction of ten measures.

After the pause for much more self-deprecating laughter and with everyone listening, Salmond rounded off his story on a high-minded note. The hospital near that village is also powered by the same hydro project, he told them.

Barge traffic on the country's most important commercial riverway is completely paralysed.