Bishing

Bishing is the last Indian village and home to 70 Indian citizens residing in 22 houses with most of them belonging to Memba tribe. The chief occupation of the villagers is farming and paddy is the main crop of cultivation. The trek route to Bishing from Gelling goes down through a maze of stone carved steps and trail path in the dense jungle before finally reaching the hanging bridge on river Siang. After crossing the hanging bridge the trail goes up and down for an hour and a half before coming across another small hanging bridge with very little to support other than sliding one’s feet on the iron ropes. Finally the path curves towards the right as the farms of the villagers in Bishing village along with the first sight of Sividilingo waterfall opens up like a newly-wed bride in full glory. The waterfall cascading down 300 feet below in a single drop is the apple of the eye and it takes quite a few minutes to soak in the adrenalin rush at the view of this majestic fall. The village has a helipad for emergency evacuation. The village also serves as a base to reach the foot of this gigantic waterfall. The villagers thrive on hunting wild boars, deer, mountain goats and catching fish from the river. The great bend of the mighty Siang which was the missing link between the Tsangpo in Tibet and Brahmaputra in Assam for a long time among the explorers, owes its entry in India at a point few kms away from this village.