Landslide kills man on Torkhow road
Gul Hamad Farooqui
CHITRAL: A man died after being hit by a landsliding on Booni-Buzund road near Istaro village in Upper Chitral, local people told ChitralToday on phone Friday.
They said Muhammad Ishaq, son of Zar Gul, was clearing the road of debris voluntarily when he came under the landsliding and died under it.
The local people said that the attention of the communication and works (C&W) department and the relevant authorities had been drawn towards the dangerous condition of the road, but no action was taken.
The local people demanded that the government should pay compensation to the widow snd children of the deceased, who was a laborer.
A day earlier, a first-year student lost his life after being hit by a falling rock in Ziture village of Garam Chashma. Farzand Ali, son of Muhammad Ayub, belonged to Ovirik village. Ali was going to his college in Garam Chashma when he came under the rockfall. Three other students accompanying him escaped narrowly.
اللہ مرحوم کو شہید کا درجہ عطا فرمائے اور پسماندگان کو صبر جمیل عطاء فرمائے آمین ۔ سرکار کو مرحوم کی بیوہ کی مدد کرنی چاہیے۔