BOONI, Jan 21: The Booni Development Forum (BDF) says proceeding of its meeting held on January 19 to discuss establishment of three powerhouses in Booni was reported in ChitralToday out of context.
According to the report filed by our Booni correspondent, the participants of the meeting on Jan 19 criticized the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) for delaying on one pretext or the other the floating of tenders and therefore the establishment of the powerhouses even after all the hindrances were removed by the local communities. Though our correspondent still stands by the report, the BDF on Wednesday held another meeting and issued a press statement that the ChitralToday correspondent had exaggerated the speeches of the participant of the Jan 19 meeting.
“On Jan 19, 2015, the BDF and representatives of four village organizations (VOs) held a meeting under the chairmanship of former tehsil nazim Shamsur Rehman Lal. The meeting discussed in detail the setting up of powerhouses in Booni by the SRSP. The participants expressed concerns over the delay in the process of tenders and establishment of the powerhouses. They forcefully demanded of the high-ups of the SRSP to launch work on the projects,” the statement said.
It said there was no complaint by the participants that the SRSP had failed to launch the projects in the area as reported in ChitralToday, adding the ChitralToday correspondent had taken the matter out of context. Secondly, it added, the meeting was not presided by Sardar Hakim but by Shamsur Rehman Lal.
Those who attended the Jan 21 meeting to issue the clarification included BDF chairman Sardar Hakim, ex-tehsil nazim Shamsur Rehman, retired Subedar-Major Salahuddin, BLSO chairman Zaheeruddin Babar, Shah Wazir Lal and Ghulam Khan.
]]>
