Gul Hamaad Farooqi Upper Chitral
Hundreds of people of District Upper Chitral of Brep valley held a protest rally for the second time this week in favor of their demands. The meeting was presided over by the former councilor Shelly Sultan, while Nazim Ahmed Khan of Village Council Kozh was the guest of honor on this occasion. During the protest there was a complete shutter down strike in Brep Bazaar, while the main road of Yarkhun Valley and Brughal was also blocked for several hours.
Addressing the meeting, the speakers said that on August 19, 2022, GLOF event occurred as a glacier located in the hill above Brep Valley burst, as a result of which a disastrous flood started. Some 60 houses were completely damaged while hundreds of acres of apple and other fruit orchards, standing crops, cultivated land were also destroyed and many people were homeless. As a result of the flood, the only utility store, a mosque and three congregation halls (Jamat Khana) were also washed away. While many people’s shops, women’s shopping center and girls’ high school and other government and non-government buildings were damaged.
