BOONI: Poeple here have demanded construction of Sonoghor-Sarghuz link road.
In a press statement issued here, the bureaucrat-turned political leader of the PPP said the Booni-Mastuj road via Parwak is vulnerable to blockade due to landslides and floods at many places, including Awi Lasht, Nisur Gol and Kroy Deri at Parwak.
He said there is a potential threat to Mastuj Bridge in the form of heavy floods in Yarkhoon River. In case of such a calamity, the whole strategic area up to Broghil Pass in the north and Gilgit-Baltistan in the northeast will be blocked from the rest of the country.
He pointed out that there existed a road link between Sonoghor and Sarghuz villages in the past but due to negligence of the concerned governmental authorities, neither the road was repaired nor a road was constructed to link Sonoghur with Sarghuz via TOW mountain. The story is all about construction of a road having a length of one kilometer. He deplored that the government functionaries either lacked the capacity to understand the importance of this link road or are guilty of criminal negligence.
Had the road been constructed earlier, it would have helped to reach out to the people of Laspur and Yarkhoon valleys, who were hit by floods of the yester year. Needless to mention, it would have reduced the fuel charges of helicopters as well. If constructed, this road link will not only provide an alternate but a safer route to Mastuj. It is a strategic life-line for military purposes as well. Sultan Wazir Khan says that this link road will provide a better social and economic opportunity to the people living in the villages of Sarghuz, Nisur, Sonoghor, Miragram, Awi and Booni.
He demanded the Chief Minister KPK, kindly to order construction of this small but all important link road before coming of the fresh floods. He cautioned the government that if this important link-road is ignored again, the people living in the area will be constrained to exercise their constitutional right of the freedom of expression, in their villages by 15th May 2016.
Thank you Sultan Wazir Khan sahib for your valuable comments and suggestion regarding the Construction of Sonoghor-Sarghuz link road demanded. Actually the link road is safe, alternate link with Tehsil Mastuj as well as need of the area. No doubt it is very short distance and economical link road.
we are requesting higher authorities for construction of the link road