The issues associated with the rapid melting of glaciers and resulting disasters were discussed at the recent two-day international conference in Islamabad, proceedings of which were published in ChitralToday on October 15 and 16. The conference on “Learning and Way Forward” was organized to find sustainable approaches to reduce disaster risks and vulnerabilities from Climate
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MASTUJ: Mastuj nazim said that NGOS should help people of four more union councils affected by the recent floods. An official of HANDS of Pakistan had already provided roofing kits to 250 partially damaged households and now was providing shelter materials such as blankets and solar lights to 500 fully damaged households. The Tehsil Nazim
Shahzada Iftikharuddin[/caption] In a statement, he said the people of the under-developed Chitral district had suffered huge losses as the flood in July was the worst disaster in their history. He reminded that roads were washed away, irrigation channels were destroyed and the infrastructure was damaged. “We have detected anomalies in the reconstruction and rehabilitation
