MANSEHRA: Two workers of the Suki Kanari hydropower project were killed after being hit by a landslide in Kaghan valley on Tuesday.

SHO of the Balakot police station Qazi Wajid told reporters that the bodies of both Mohammad Sajid and Mohammad Tanveer were dispatched to their native areas for burial, while another worker, Abdul Kabeer, who was injured by the landslide, was under treatment at a local health centre.

He said the condition of the injured was out of danger.

The SHO said the workers were hit by the landslide when they’re working alongside the tunnel.

SIX INJURED: Six people were injured as traders and handcart owners used batons against each other in Shinkiari Bazaar on Tuesday.

The police said the clash occurred after the both sides had heated exchanges over a dispute.

They said they had registered an FIR and began investigation.

No arrest was made until night.

INAUGURATED: The Torghar district administration on Tuesday inaugurated the first-ever government middle school for girls in Judbah tehsil with the financial assistance of the Japanese government.

“This school is set to begin classes,” deputy commissioner Anwar Zeb Khan told the inaugural ceremony, where a Japanese delegation and education department officials were in attendance.

The deputy commissioner said the Japanese government was also offering help for the establishment of a higher secondary school for girls in Darbani area.

Meanwhile, the Utility Stores Corporation has given away 600 bags of wheat flour among flood-hit families in Kaghan valley.

USC regional manager Farakh Naseem told reporters here on Tuesday that the flour bags were distributed in Mahandri, Kawai and Paras areas.Meanwhile, the Al-Khidmat Foundation established camps in parts of Mansehra city and its outskirts and received donations for flood victims.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2022