Residents of Sarkhum and Abradi areas in Tarinkot, the center of Uruzgan, ask for the construction of a bridge over the Tarinkot river.
A number of them, who have gathered near the provincial governor’s office for the purpose of protest, say that they face serious challenges due to the lack of a bridge over the Tarinkot river.
“Elders in this area due to no bridge face serious challenges,” said Mohammad Nabi, a resident of Uruzgan.
“They make small devices out of wood and with such devices women, children and elders are lifted onto the other side of the river,” said Del Agha, another resident of Uruzgan.
“We want a bridge to be made for us to remove the challenges we face,” said Mohammad.
The regional authorities gave assurances that the problem will be shared with the central government.
“We conveyed the challenges of them to the higher officials and we wait until the providing of the budget,” said Sefatullah Qurishi, program officer for the Directorate of Rural Rehabilitation, Development.
According to the regional authorities and residents, around 8 thousand families currently live in the Sarkhum and Abradi regions.
Meanwhile, residents and officials of the Shortepa district of Balkh said that the waves of Uzbek ships in the Amu River have destroyed their houses and agricultural lands.
They demand from the current government the fortifications around the river.
“We ask the government to set up a stall for us, as they have set up a stall for others,” said Abdul Rahman Niazi, a local resident.
“My request to the Islamic Emirate is that some other villages are under threat to work on it as an emergency,” said Ghulam Muradi, a local resident.
According to other residents of the district, due to the destruction of the river, they had to leave their homes.
“The river destroyed this area, people migrated, thousands of acres of land were destroyed, and people stopped cultivating,” said Qurban Nazar, a local resident.
“Every day the river water destroyed the houses and lands, once the fortifications were done, people started their work,” said Jan Murad, an elder.
Meanwhile, the general head of the Amu River fortifications said that they do not allow Uzbek ships to patrol the areas related to Afghanistan.
“Almost 80 million of money has been spent in 4 provinces and 20 million is left, we will complete the remaining 20 million works,” said Sayed Ghulam Mashwani, the general head of the Amu River fortifications.
It has been four days since the big ships of Uzbekistan came to a village called Shiekh and started destroying the area. We came and started working on it,” said Mohammad Bahram Muneeb, the head of the fortification in Balkh.
The head of the Amu River Fortifications said that there was an understanding between the Islamic Emirate and Uzbekistan about preventing the ships of that country from patrolling the territory of Afghanistan, and he assured that he will deal with this challenge in the near future.—Tolonews
