Bridge gutted by terrorists at priate village thousands of people restrained across the river.
CHITRAL: A jeep able bridge on Chitral river at Priat village was gutted by unknown terrorists. As a results thousands of people restrained across the river and their land route was disconnected. SHO police station Koghuzi said that the bridge was gutted in darkness of night two weeks ago and people of the area were besieged across the river. Thousands of people including women, children and ailing persons are compelled to travel through peaks of mountain to reach their destination in a tough hilly way or they came in upper part to cross a small bridge on the river but it is very risky. road pass hundreds of feet above on the bank of Chitral river and it is a very narrow way can be cause any time of a mega accident. Hundred of school going children also remained from their school and colleges because there is no other bridge on the river to reach their educational institutions and it take so many hours to cross another bridge on river at upper part of the valley. Koghuzi police have arrested one person on doubt basis and started investigations. It is pertinent to add that there was a public meeting of banned association of Sipahi Sahaba (now namely Ahli Sunat) and some of their leader delivered provoking speech regarding open use of narcotics and wine, as a result extremists put fire on this bridge and gutted it. Residents of the area complained in presence of this scriber when reached on the spot that no politician, leader or a responsible person visited the area except Abdul Latif president Pakistan Tahriki Insaf. These people carrying their patients on cot (shoulders) by feet to reach them to hospital because of no bridge on river and travel via a long route on peaks of mountains. They demanded from provincial and federal government for early re-construction of Priat bridge to restore communication of these people with other parts of Chitral.
G.H. Farooqi C/O Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral phone No 0943-320737, 0943-316052, 0943-414418 , 03025989602, 03337069572, 03159698446, 03469002167
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