The story of wood

An ancient traditional wooden house among the backdrop of Himalaya mountainswas spotted on my trip to the country side of Manali at Himachal Pradesh in India. Decades back , wood was abundantand was used solely for construction of homes for protection and withstanding very low temperatures of this snowy and hilly terrains. Now, as population increased considerably,there was a change in the materials used for construction with bricks taking the place of woods. Such heritage structures is to be preserved for posterity.