SHANGLA: The Alpuri tehsil council on Saturday demanded rehabilitation of the main and link roads damaged by flash floods and landslides, which were caused by an eight-day-long rain spell.

An emergency session of the council was chaired by its convener Mohammad Alam.

Tehsil chairman Waqar Ahmad Khan was also present.

On the occasion, councillor Ali Bash Khan said the rain spell and subsequent flash floods damaged standing crops and cultivated lands, and swept away small and mini hydle stations.

He said watermills installed in the different streams were also washed away.

Damorai village council chairman Mohammad Javid Khan demanded of the government to immediately kick off rehabilitation work on the rain-hit infrastructure.

Dunai village council chairman Nisar Ahmad Khan said their link road had been blocked for a week, troubling people. He alleged the revenue department officials skipped original rain-hit people in the damage-assessment survey.

He asked the authorities to rehabilitate damaged roads, reopen the blocked ones and restore electricity and water supply to the communities.

On the occasion, Waqar Ahmad said the emergency funds provided by the provincial government for rehabilitation work were insufficient, and urged the government to provide more funds.

He asked the district administration to take the tehsil council members in loop while initiating rehabilitation work on the damaged roads and other infrastructure.

MAN BOOKED: The police have booked a man for torturing a teacher of government primary school, Khatak Sar, for not providing textbooks to his son on Saturday, leaving him injured.

According to the FIR registered with the police, Nadar Khan attacked schoolteacher, Ijaz Ahmad, a resident of Khatak Sar Kotkay area of Alpuri, critically injuring him.

The FIR said the injured teacher was brought to the District Headquarters Hospital, Alpuri.

Published in Dawn, April 21st, 2024