GILGIT, Jan 26: A grand jirga of Diamer district has termed the plan for construction of Bhasha dam a conspiracy to destroy the areas and threatened to stop work on the dam force.

Sources said a delegation of 30 notables led by Maulana Sadiq met Minister of State for Water and Power Ameer Muqam on Thursday and informed him about their concerns over the plan for the dam.

They told the minister that a jirga meeting had decided to mobilize the public against the dam. The minister was on a visit to Chilas to assess the projected losses which the dam may cause.

The jirga feared that with the construction of Bhasha dam, the historical city of Chilas would be wiped out, which was not acceptable to them.—Correspondent