As a result of the tug-of-war, a crisis is brewing in upper Chitral as the only road linking it with the main Chitral town is set to be washed away by the rising torrents in the river in the south of Kuragh.
Besides, standing crops and fruit trees in Bumbagh village are drying up as its damaged water channel could not be reconstructed. In a statement, Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam upper Chitral information secretary Shuja Uddin Lal said that water level in the river had risen and the road near Kuragh was once again at the risk of being washed away. Last year the whole upper Chitral remained cut-off for about two months till the army managed to reconstruct it.
He held the district nazim and the MPA from upper Chitral as responsible for the non-construction of the damaged road and the water channel of Bumbagh. He said that the KP government in writing had authorized the MPAs from Chitral to utilize the funds for the reconstruction of the damaged roads, bridges and water channels but the district nazim was refusing to release the funds from the account of the District Council.
Mr Shuja also said Rs5 million allocated for the reconstruction of the Bumbagh water channel by the provincial government were also lying in the District Council account. He warned that if the upper Chitral road was blocked once again, it would lead to a humanitarian crisis in the area for which the district nazim and the MPA would be held responsible.
Hum logon ko 4 ya 5 mahena bad aanay wali chez kabi b dakhai nehi deta. Or nahi hum uski parwah karta hai. Chezin jb begharan shure ho jati hai to hamaray andar chupi hoi leadership quality achanak jhag jati hai or kabi na khatm hona wala bayanat ka silsila shuru ho jati hai… Hum logon ko cricket ka chairman Shahyar ki tarah media ma rehna ka or headline bananay ka hunar aata hai…nam na hath bayanat dakar khokhli shuhrat hasil karna hamara mashghala ban chuka hai…kya hi acha ho’ta agar yeh bayanat Janauary ya February ka mahenay me dya jata. Arbar ikhtiyar ko kuch waqt to milta kam karnay kaly.
Ali Haider sahib es may lal ka mera ya apka koy qasur nahi,ham nay press confrence kia,ham 6 mahiny sy protest aur mpa,distt,admn,sy appeal karty rehy,lekin mujay democray nahi ek dectator ship nizar ara rah hy,puray chitral ki awaz naqar khany may toti ki awaz bun gia hy,ap koy tajvez deain,
We are thankful to Chitral today for highlighting our day to day issues. They same issue with Garamchashma road which was blocked for a week recently opened under the kind supervision of AC Mazhar Sb.
District and provincial leadership need to think about the issues of local people in transportation and need to address them with short spam of time.