Gul Hamaad Farooqi
Chitral
A hostel for non-local female schoolteachers has been inaugurated in Arandu village, while a bridge has been opened in Domel area near the Pak-Afghan border in Chitral. Commandant Chitral Scouts Brigadier Moeenuddin and Mrs Moeenuddin inaugurated both the projects on Wednesday.
The Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP), a non-governmental organization (NGO), constructed the bridge in a short period of four months on a river in Domel area near the Pak-Afghan border with a cost of 7.2 million. Brigadier Moeenuddin at the inauguration ceremony appreciated the quality of work on the bridge. A donor agency of Germany had provided fund for the bridge which will benefit at least 120 families in the area.
District Program Manager Engineer Khadimullah, Major Abdullah, SRSP engineers and staff and local notables were present on the occasion of inauguration of bridge and women hostel.
Engineer Khadimullah briefed Brigadier Moeenuddin about the ongoing projects on his organization in the area. The local people said while talking to this scribe that water level increases in the river in summer due to snow melting after which the children cannot cross it to reach their schools. They said they were also facing great difficulties while shifting their patients to hospital before the construction of the bridge.
They said the construction of the bridge has now resolved this problem and now they will be able to send their children to schools and they will also carry out other tasks while travelling quite easily across the river.
