MASTUJ: The river Yarkhun continued flooding and damaging public and private properties and blocking roads in different parts of Chitral. In the latest deluge, it swept away a kucha area between the main Mastuj bridge and its smaller part on Mastuj side, cutting off areas from Mastuj to Shandur and Broghil in Yarkhun valley. The
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ISLAMABAD: Tourists avoided visiting Chitral on Eidul Azha 2002 mainly due to forecast of rainy weather and road closures. This is in complete contrast to the influx of tourists to Chitral especially Kalash valleys during Eidul Fitr holidays in the first week of May when hotels in Chitral had witnessed about 100pc occupancy. Thousands of
YARKHUN: Another young woman, mother of a minor girl, committed suicide by jumping into the river in Yarkhun valley of Upper Chitral, local people told ChitralToday on Monday. They said the dead body of the victim was recovered from the river Yarkhun in front of Bang village near the high school on Monday. The deceased
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YARKHUN: The flooding river Yarkhun has swept away a bridge between Sholkoch and Wasum river, locals told ChitralToday. The bridge connected different villages on both sides of the river such as Sholkoch and Wasum. The pedestrian bridge had been in poor shape for years abd despite repeated appeal by the locals the government failed to
RESHUN: The Chitral-Mastuj road was blocked at Reshun after river Yarkhun started eroding land and houses at Shader area of Reshun on Friday. About 13 families were affected in the fresh erosion that the river started when its volume increased with fast melting of glaciers upstream. Earlier in the day, people living in the area
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