No supply to utilities stores under Ramzan package.
CHITRAL: As the government supply subsidized food items to utility stores usually in the holy month of Ramzan but Chitral is totally deprived from this facility and downtrodden people of the entire district are compelled to approach hoarders and purchase edible things on a very high price from local shopkeepers. In past federal government timely arrange to supply food items on subsidize rates but this year there is no subsidize food item in the utility stores of Chitral. Although main road of Chitral has been blocked at Chakdara but the same has been opened for light traffic and road via Bajawar has been opened for heavy traffic. There is no sugar, flour, Ghee, Cooking Oil, Dates and Beesan etc in these utility stores at Chitral. While on the other hand local shopkeepers and hoarders has dumped and under grounded these things only to hike its price and now they have raised prices of these things more than 50 %. A number of poor people approach to Utility Stores to purchase some essential food items on subsidize rates but they snub when they found nothing in these stores. Despite that main road via Bajawar agency has been opened for heavy traffic and local shopkeepers carrying their goods through this route but there is no supply to state running Utility stores at Chitral. President of Legal Aid Forum for human Rights Abdul Nasir termed it totally inhuman and injustice behavior. He appeals to Federal government especially Managing Director of Utility stores corporation for supplying of essential food items and edible commodities to all Utility Stores of Chitral so as to benefited poor people of Chitral from Ramzan package.
Water supply pipeline could not restore in second week.
As main pipeline has been damaged at Shahsha by heavy flood on 7th August as a result water supply has been suspended to Chitral Town and people of the area are facing great hardships due to non availability of water even for drinking purposes. Work has been started on maintenance of the pipeline but due to slow process water supply pipeline could restored even passing of two weeks. A government official on the condition of anonymity revealed that a letter regarding releasing of fund for maintenance and protection of water supply schemes has been forwarded to Finance department but commission Mafia using delay tactics for warming of their palm and they still not released fund for this purposes hence authenticity of this allegation could not confirmed from the relevant department. Residents of Chitral carrying drinking water from far flung areas and one person also died when he carrying water from a fountain in hill and a heavy stone hit his head. Local inhabitants have strongly criticized district administration for not restoring of water supply pipeline even passing of more than two weeks despite that they paying their monthly utility bills of water. People of Chitral have appeal provincial government for early releasing of special fund for maintenance of water supply pipeline to restore supply of water and solve this problem.
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