CHITRAL: Residents of Kalash valley of Rumbur have demanded of the provincial government to lift ban on transportation of wood harvested from their forest to the timber depot at Chakdara.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the office-bearers of the local joint forest management committee (JFMC), Mohammad Yaqub, Saifullah Jan, Shahzada Khan, Jamati Khan and Ubaidullah said that the move of the government was uncalled for.
They said that any delay in transportation of timber to the market could cause a loss of millions of rupees to the local people as well as the government.