MASTUJ: A Chinese mining engineer died after drowning in Chumarkhan Gol near Chapali on Friday. Local resident Akhtar Shad told ChitralToday that three engineers working for a Peshawar-based mining company were visiting Chumarkhan Gol. One of the engineers had crossed two wooden planks placed over the stream in Chap Chiragh area on foot but his […]
BANG: After no steps were taken by any government department, the local people moved to protect a small bridge over a stream in Pavur village on a voluntary basis. The bridge is located on the road connecting upper Yarkhun villages and Broghil valley with other parts of Chitral. Due to lack of maintenance, the protection
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PESHAWAR: Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an alert about torrential rain and flash floods within the next 36 hours in Chirral. In an alert, it said there were chances of a rise in temperature that could lead to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) across Chitral. The PDMA asked departments concerned to take precautionary
BOONI: The recent land settlement survey in Upper Chitral was conducted by the revenue department staff keeping the local people in the dark and hence is not acceptable. This was stated by Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam leader Muhammad Pervez Lal in a statement on Wednesday. He said before the survey the revenue staff should have met the
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CHITRAL: The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) installed a cable car to facilitate the people of Golen valley after recent flash floods cut off the area by washing away a number of bridges and damaging the road. The area people thanked the agency for the initiative and said the cable car would lessen their
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