MOHMAND: Hundreds of people took to streets here on Monday and blocked Peshawar-Bajaur Highway in Ghalani to protest prolonged power outages.

The passengers and motorists faced difficulties owing to the hours-long protest held in front of power grid station.

The protestors opened the road to traffic when Wapda authorities assured them of smooth supply of electricity to the district headquarters.

The protesters said that 22-hour loadshedding was being observed in Ghalanai and adjoining areas while the remaining parts of the district were without electricity.

They said that the Wapda authorities claimed to have spent Rs21 billion to improve supply of electricity to tribal districts during the last six months but people were suffering from loadshedding.

The assistant commissioner, Sajjad Hussain Afridi, and the superintendent of Wapda, Hamid Khan, tehsildar Wasif Khan, DSP Ayaz and others assured the protesters of accepting their demand.

Published in Dawn, February 14th, 2023