Adam Khan Wazir Wana
The standing crops, vegetables and orchards have been completely destroyed due to heavy hailstorm, rain and stormy winds in most areas of Wana, in Lower South Waziristan district. According to reports, heavy rains and heavy hailstorm occurred in different areas of Wana, completely destroying all the crops and cultivated garden’s /orchards in the area.
It should be remembered that most of the people in Waziristan are dependent on agriculture, but the standing crops of different areas have been badly affected by heavy rains and heavy hailstorms for the second time. Local farmers and tribal elders of Wana said that if the central and provincial governments do not address our losses, the farmers will face financial difficulties.
They said that most of the farmers here have cultivated crops by taking loans from the markets but after the destruction due to hailstorm, it has become difficult for them to clear this loan. Local elders have demanded NDMA and PDMA along with federal and provincial governments that all the places in Lower South Waziristan where hail has fallen should be surveyed and the area declared disaster prone and farmers should be financially supported because vegetables are a cash crop for farmers here, which has been destroyed.
