Gul Hamad Farooqui Upper Chitral
The beautiful Reshun Valley of Upper Chitral district has been affecting by floods for the last 13 years. Here centuries-old glaciers lying on the peaks of mountains melting in summer season by increasing temperature causing for sudden floods due to which the people here have faced financial and human losses on large scale.
The disastrous flood that occurred in 2015 had not only destroyed the only communication bridge between two districts at Reshun, but the main highway of Peshawar Chitral was also swept away by the flood for a kilometer. Houses, shops, cultivated land, standing crops and orchards of fruit trees were also destroyed due to tremendous floods. In view of the devastation caused by the flood, many families were displaced from here and the victims were forced to take shelter elsewhere.
These migrated people facing a lot of hardships. As Centuries-old glaciers above Reshun erupt suddenly in summer due to intense heat, causing unexpected floods in the scenic valley which changed its shape. To protect this beautiful area from damages of floods, Soil and Water Conservation department has constructed protection wall in the Reshun goal drain to protect the area from further damages. In the same place, the hall and laboratory of the Government High School were also destroyed due to flood in 2015.
A shelter home was also constructed by this department in short period of 3 months to provide shelter to the people in a safe place, as this shelter home can be used by local people as a community hall as needed. These construction works were funded by the United Nations Development Program through the Glacial Lake.
