President Chitral Hotels Association his excellency Prince Shahzada Siraj Ul Mulk along Mr. Zarin Khan In-charge Tourist Information Center TCKP Chitral met District Police Officer Chitral Captain (r) Muhammad Furqan Bilal. And Discussed the following Points
1. No need of NOC for foreign Tourists visiting Chitral area.
2. No need of registering with Police in Chitral area
3. No need of Police Escorts in Chitral area, on the demand of the foreign tourists security escorts would be provided. Mr. Bilal DPO Chitral has immediately taken action and has informed the Police lines and Police Check-points to give relief from the registration, No Objection Certificate (NOC) and Police Escorts in Chitral Area. The new development would be encouraging for foreigners to visit Chitral. #Visitpakistan#visitChitral#VisitKalashadesh#KPKtourism#PakistantourismSiraj UlmulkZarin Khan KalashChitral Police#Photo_Credits: #Lost_With_Purpose
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پیڈو کی طرف سے نیا بجلی گھر بنانے کی آڑ میں چار سالوں سے پرانے بجلی گھر کی بجلی سے محروم کالاش ویلی رمبور کے متعدد دیہات
چترال ( محکم الدین ) کالاش ویلی رمبور کے متعدد دیہات دوباژ ، گمبیاک ، پراکاڑک ، کوڑدیش ، بڑاوش ، جھت گورو، بھٹٹ ، کالاشگرام، گروم اور رمبور سنٹر کے لوگوں نے پیڈو کی طرف سے نیا بجلی گھر بنانے کی آڑ میں چار سالوں سے پرانے بجلی گھر کی بجلی سے محروم رکھنے پر انتہائی افسوس کا اظہار کیا ہے ۔ اور کہا ہے کہ تعمیر شدہ نیا بجلی اپنے افتتاح کے روز ہی زمین بوس ہو ا ۔ اور دوبارہ تعمیر ہوکر چالو ہونے کا نام ہی نہیں لے رہا ۔ جس کی وجہ سے وہ اندھیروں میں زندگی گزارنے پر مجبور ہیں ۔ انہوں نے کہا ۔ کہ مارچ 2015میں پیڈو اور اے کے آر ایس پی نے مشترکہ طور پر پراکاڑک کے مقام پر 25 کلو واٹ چالو بجلی گھرکی پیدوار 75کلوواٹ تک بڑھانے کیلئے سروے کیا ۔ اور اکتوبر میں کام شروع کیا ۔ جس کے بعد چارسالوں سے علاقے کے عوام بجلی کی نعمت سے محروم ہیں ۔ جبکہ نئی بجلی گھر کی حالت یہ ہے ۔
کہ جب پیڈو کے آفیسران کی موجودگی میں ٹسٹ کرنے کیلئے ٹینکی میں پانی چھوڑا گیا ۔ توپانی کا دباؤ برداشت نہ کرتے ہوئے ٹینکی شکست وریخت کا شکار ہوا ۔ اور متعلقہ اداروں کے اہلکاروں کو خود اپنے بالائی آفیسران اور کمیونٹی کے سامنے شرمندگی اُٹھانی پڑی ۔ جس کے بعد ٹینکی از سر نو تعمیر کرنے کیلئے مکمل طور پر منہدم کیا گیا ۔ لیکن ٹینکی ہے کہ مکمل ہونے کا نام نہیں لے رہی ۔ جبکہ علاقے کے عوام مسلسل بجلی کی آمد کا انتظار کر تے کرتے تھک چکے ہیں ۔ انہوں نے کہا ۔ کہ حکومت ان مائکرو ہائیڈل کو بجلی کی فراہمی کا اہم ذریعہ قرار دے کر ان کی مسلسل تشہیر کررہا ہے ۔ جبکہ زمینی حقائق اس کے بالکل بر عکس ہیں ۔ انہوں نے کہا۔ کہ مقامی لوگوں کا انتظار نا قابل برداشت ہو چکا ہے ۔ اس لئے مزید تاخیر کئے بغیر بجلی کی فراہمی کو ممکن بنایا جائے ۔
Impact of climate change is visible! Isn’t it?
School going kids are struggling to restore their crops for summer 2016. The photo shows how big was the flood. Photo by:
Luke Rehmat for Ishpata News
Last year snatched away land resources from poor people, and they left behind helpless. The worst climatic hit areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was district Chitral and Kalasha valleys, where hundreds of families lost their shelter of living, (land, garden, houses, hotels, shops, crops)
The valleys tracks were washed by flood and people were disconnected from the rest the country and remained in isolation for months.
When finally the roads have been temporary restored, but recent torrential rains again put question mark on government concerns.
Millions of rupees have been spent on roads and other important projects, but there one can see only damages and people are compel to live in miseries.
Tourism industry in the valleys vanished in few hours, it was seen as a biggest natural disaster in the history of the valleys.
In north western part Pakistan people are struggling for survival while there are people enjoying tax heaven! In Pakistan.
The history of earth is billions of years old, while human planet is just few millions years old imagine what kind of disasters happened in past. Why the kings [President, prime-minister, generals or other concerns] are living like a blind and deaf. With their criminal thinking would they able to benefit humanity? How could they defend their beloved country with tax heavens?
Why head of states needs to invest on addressing climate change, and needs to take emergency measures into the matter? Chitral is mountainous region only three precent is land cultivatable the rest are rocks and stones,
If temporary roads have been shifted to the left over land then where would be the people construct their homes, and shelters, crops fruit trees?
Last year ended but 2016 added more worries, early stage flooding in recent torrential rains kills 47 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including 14 people in Chitral, among 9 of them were buried under avalanched only 4 people have recovered so far and 5 people are still under avalanched at Susom area of Karimabad . Link bridges have been swept away in flood, there wasn’t such torrential rain in past, climate change has traumatised situations in the world over and particularly Chitral is on red zone.
People of Chitral living on mercy of government…if government didn’t took some solid steps before it’s too late, there would be worst consequence people would face in this summer.
Where are the education budget spending, Disappointing situation for KP government…
View of fully damaged Kalash primary school at village Balanguru in Rukmu valley. Kids are forced to study on such conditions.
Where are the education champions? where are the funds allocated for education sector went since 2010?
These are kids learning at school, and they have seen their school in such a pathetic condition. What would be their view about govt? We are waiting for our new school, when it would be built? We deserve equal right being a Pakistani…
Kalasha valleys the Paradise lost part 2
Images of paradise lost part two from Kalasha valley Rukmu and Mumuret valley. People are in trouble, contaminated water, food crisis and health issues, standing crops washed away and remaining are about to dry-up as irrigation channels are washed away. More details photos could explain the situations in the valleys. To view large image click on the picture.
left side flood washed away road in Mumuret valley at village Darasgur and on right view of government primary School Darasguru village.
On left side road, Bashali (Maternity Home, where expectant mother enters for deliver, and women go there during their monthly cycle), shops washed away. View of Darasguru at same location people are trying to safe their remaining land and houses on left crops have been washed away by flood.
On left forest nursery washed away by flood the nursery was own by forest department Chitral, on right same place at Broon (Gandus) village where flood destroyed house
On right hand volunteers of Jamiat ul Dawa bring food items for flood affectees in Kalasha valley Mumuret, on right hand road has been damaged at Wadus village and further waning to the road condition could be seen in the image.
Wadus village at glance road has been damaged and on right hand a man is sleeping and without any fear although flood has been damaged and paralysed the valleys.
View of devastations and road situation in Mumuret valley near Wadus village at the end of Mumuret area while on left Taralakot a famous monument built by Mehtar during state times, that has been washed away by flood. On right the only jeep able bridge that was connecting Kalasha valleys to Ayun valley and Chitral town completely washed away.
Road condition towards Rukmu valley the flash floods had broken all records of past and washed away many places and communication system has been badly affected. Ishpata News team approached the valley on foot after walking many hours climbing up and downs plus cross mud-water that could be dangerous some time. Photo takem near Dubaz check point.
On right hand jeep able bridge of Acuhagha valley that was connecting Rukmu and Acuhagha valley to Mumuret and Ayun valley washed away. Aforesaid valley has been worst affected as well. On right side photo show the beginning of Rukmu valleys and devastation.
On right hand water mill washed away at Gombayak village and on right people are bring some foods from Ayun valley on their shoulder on their back
On right photo taken at Kotdesh village showing large destructions, on right side people are wondering to see large devastation that washed away Sakdar house and numbers of walnut trees photo taken at Chetguru village in Rukmu valley.
On right side Fazal Azim volunteer at KPDN crossing mud-water at Rukmu valley, on right Battet bridge washed away that was connecting Battet and Kalashagrom to main Rukmu valley on the road side.
On left two young Kalasha ladies are whispering about flood devastation at Malidesh near Kalashagrom and talking about ancient wisdom and Grom village in the front was main discussion. On right side flood is threating Kalashagrom village the crack could be worsen Kalashagrom village in near future if proper attention wouldn’t be given to the cracks caused by flood and land sliding.
On right hand standing crops are drying-up due to damages of irrigation channels, on right side women and children are washing cloths in mud-water.
On the left hand flood damaged road and land including garden, while on right side flood has changed the map of Rukmu valley photo taken near Balasdesh.
On the left side flood has damaged land, crops, trees at Baladesh and Chetguru while on right side people are struggling to restore water system to irrigate their crops.
Eight rooms of Israr burnt to ashes in Mumuret valley.
Kalash 28 June. Electric short-circuit that caused house on fire in Kalasha valley Mumuret at village Wados (Lashtbot) yesterday. Ishpata News visited the side and found large destruction of a house and one can see the ashes of precious cedar woods. Yesterday Ishpata News had published news regarding the matter and it was mentioned that more details and investigation would be done to know the cause of fire that damages house in Kalasha valley Mumuret. Due to some mistakes in report that was created miss understanding among some people and Ishpata News would like to correct and wants let you know the situation and will be following such stories and causes for future prevention of such happenings.
Mr. Irar Muhammad son of local school teacher Mr. Ghulam Muhammad while talking to Ishpata News told that ‘’we have lost our valuables, we couldn’t able to save anything that matters in our life. He further added that ‘’we are three brother and three sister were living with our parents in the house, now we have lost everything in few minutes in front of our eyes and we were helpless we couldn’t save our things’’.
Israr appealed to ggovernment to help him to rebuild his house. Israr was running a taxi service to earn livelihood and now it seems very hard to rebuild a house like the pervious one that we have been constructed after being working so hard in past decade.
Hundreds of live-stocks death in Kalasha valleys
Kalash 12 March 2015, Kalasha valleys remained remotest area of Pakistan and people here are earning from livestock and dairy products, but since last month the livestock especially goats have got kind of loss motion (Diarrheal), lungs and liver, three in one diseases.
Sources from Kalasha valley Rukmu told Ishpata News that 30 goats have been died because of the diseases so far in a small village at Chetguru. Shepherds who are looking after the livestock are very worried, their day night hard work has been badly affected. They are complaining that livestock department has not even bother to take any steps to decrease their disparities. Goats are an integral part of Kalasha culture, if the epidemic did not stopped the Kalasha people will be facing serious problems in sustaining the expensive culture in near future.
Same news are coming from Acu’hagha valley, Rukmu valley, Biriu and Mumuret valley where 100s of goats have been victim of the dangerous diseases and died.
Sher Shaheen few days back got injuries on his foot while feeding the goats and axe chopped his leg and he couldn’t walk on snow at Acu’hagha valley some fellow shepherded saw him helpless and took him to Mumuret valley on their back for treatment, bleeding on his foot caused him very weak. When Ishpata News correspondent asked him about the dangerous diseases he become sad and tears in his eyes said that “ We are looking after goats as shepherd but we couldn’t do anything to save lives of the goats and our animals are dies in front us but we are helpless’’
People have appealed government of KP to announced an emergency to cope the situation before it’s too late.
A young girl died due to heart problem
Kalash 22 June: A young girl named Hoor daughter of Balang from Kalash valley Biriu village Uroli passed away due to heart problem. According to local sources she was admitted at district headquarter hospital Chitral here she remained for three days, but could not survive and eventually died. Local sources told this subscriber that she was student of 10th class. Recently she was passed SSC part one 9th grade and secured 340 marks her fellows told the Kalasha Times. According to Kalasha tradition there would be funeral for her, but due to emergency situation she was buried in short time. Dezau may help her and her entire family (Ameen)
::..The Kalasha Times..:: 