AYUN: A man fell into the Chitral river while collecting wood in front of Ayun on Saturday. Rescue 1122 identified the drowned man as Kabir Khan, 55, a resident of Muldeh, Ayun. The emergency service said its divers launched an operation to recover the dead body but could not trace it till the evening.
DROSH: The Lowari tunnel approach road was on Friday reopened for traffic after removal of flood debris and boulders. The deputy commissioner Lower Chitral\’s office stated that heavy machinery was used to clear the road by the National Highway Authority (NHA) under the supervision of the assistant commissioner of Drosh. The main road to Chitral
BANG (YARKHUN): In a tragic incident, the dead body of a young man was recovered from the river in front of Urkhan village near here on Friday, local people told ChitralToday. The deceased has been identified as Sami Ullah, son of Rehmat Wali Khan, aged about 25 years. Earlier, the dead bodies of two young
Picture: Inayatullah Khoshamad RESHUN: PML-N leader Amir Muqam on Wednesday assured the people of Shader Reshun that they would be paid compensation within 10 days. He gave the assurance to the families whose houses and land have been destroyed by the river erosion in Reshun during a visit to the area. Former MNA Shahzada Iftikharuddin
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MASTUJ: Repair of Mastuj bridge has been started on the direction of the district administration of Upper Chitral. Machinery was at the site and the gap between the two portions of the bridge was being filled by boulders and rocks. The gap between the two parts of the bridge was filled instead of concreting it
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM) on Tuesday distributed ration bags among, river flood affected families of Redjun in Upper Chitral. According to a press release, PBM Managing Director Amir Fida Paracha supervised the distribution of ration bags, each containing flour, ghee, rice, lentils, sugar, dry fruits and edibles among 13 families. The MD was looking
AYUN: The wall of the water channel of a power station collapsed on Sunday night and its water entered a house and injured a woman. The gushing water also killed a goat along with chicken and damaged household items in the house of Noor Zaman in the Gahen locality of Ayun, locals told ChitralToday. Local
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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