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By Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: The district administration Chitral on Monday said that relief goods were distributed among Shershal avalanche victims through helicopter requisitioned by the deputy commissioner Chitral Shahab Hamid Yousafzai. Additional Assistant Commissioner Chitral Syed Mazhar Ali Shah told ChitralToday that a naib tehsuildar had reached Shershal village this evening on the special orders […]

The relief items included 100 blankets, 50 quilts, warm shawls 20, coal stoves 50, wheat flour bags 30 and plastic mats 20. As there is no helipad at the Shershal village, the relief goods were handed over to local elected representatives in the nearby Swit village where the helicopters dropped them. The statement said that

Besides, he added, there was no stock of essential drugs to deal with the rising cold-related ailments and diseases. The MPA also said that all areas of Chitral would be facing a food crisis if the roads were not opened on an emergency basis. He appealed to the army to provide helicopters to Chitral to