Pak-Afghan Border Area Arandu Road Blocked Once Again due to Flood Day after it opened for Traffic

CHITRAL (By Gul Hamad Farooqi): Due to recent rains and floods in different nullahs and roads of the Pak-Afghan border area Arandu has also been blocked for all vehicular traffic after opening it two days ago.

The roads had closed to all kinds of traffic due to the heavy stones and mountains on the road from Mir Khani, Lingorbut, Damil Nisar, Kotai, and Ram Ram to Arandu. However, on the direction of Deputy Commissioner Chitral AC Drosh, Executive Engineer Communications and Works Department (C&W) Engineer Tariq Murtaza, contractor Shah Muhammad immediately mobilized machinery and started cleansing these roads. After continuous hard work, these roads were opened for all kinds of traffic, while clearing work on Langor Butt road was also started today.

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However, from Thursday night, a series of rains continued in Chitral, which led to floods in different nullahs and streams. As a result, Arandu Road was closed once again for traffic due to a flood in Langoorbut nullah which caused passengers to wait for hours and passenger cars to face difficulty such as standing on the road accompanied by women and children. However, on the direction of the Executive Engineer of the C&W department, the contractors once again mobilized machinery stands on the roadside who was waiting to stop the rainfall as soon as the flood stopped they reponed the road for traffic.

In addition, the C&W department has also started desalting and cleaning work in the Drosh Goal drainage nullah and started channelization in the middle of Drosh goal nullah. In case of water levels raised it did not harm shops and houses on the banks of this stream. Along with the cleansing of these canals and drainage, the C&W department also cleaned the roads of Biori Janjirat, Ursoon, Swear, Shashi Madaglasht, and Kotai and opened these roads for all kinds of traffic. Superintendent Engineer of C&W department Munir Ahmed and Executive Engineer Tariq Murtaza also visited Arundo road and instructed their staff as well as the relevant contractor to keep their machinery ready whenever these roads were closed he should open them immediately.

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Abdul Rahman Baba, an elderly citizen of Drosh, said that because of the Drosh Goal Nullah, we had to face huge losses repeatedly. Due to the rising surface of this nullah debris caused tremendous floods that destroyed our fields, homes, and shops. He said that before hitting of a flood, this drain should be cleaned and the debris should be removed after its channelization so that it does not cause trouble for the people of the area. Mohammed Shoaib, a resident of Koro village situated on the river bank, told this scribe that whenever a flood comes in this drain, we cannot sleep peacefully because of fear that the floods will not come and take us away. When its channelization work started, we sleep in peace.

Additional Assistant Commissioner Drosh Muhammad Ali said that after the continuous rains, Drosh Goal Nullah is hit by continuous floods and the people living on its bank are suffering from severe losses. He realized that before the flood, the drain should be desalted and debris should be removed so that in case of rising water surface people should be saved from losses.

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Haji Sultan, a political and social worker of Arandu, said that Arandu is a backward area residents of this valley are considering themselves to be the most ill-fated with bad luck due to government negligence, where even in this modern era, there is no government electricity of WAPDA, no mobile phones, no internet, DSL or any other network. There has been no doctor in its only Rural Health Center for a long time and this area has been badly affected by some natural disasters. He demanded that Arandu be a beautiful but backward area that should be focused on regularly, and development works should be initiated here so that the hardships of these people should be reduced if not possible to eradicate them.

Shahzada Jan is a resident of this area. He said that the road had been closed for ten days. Yesterday, the C&W department had opened it for traffic, but after the flood today, it came to a halt and closed again.

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Habibullah is also a resident of Arundo who crossed the flooded nullah on his feet and crossed it at the risk of his life said that unfortunately there is no mobile phone in the area nor internet facilities so that we can report to Rescue 1122 Ambulance or Fire Brigade in case of any emergency.

It is worth mentioning here that like other areas of Chitral, a massive flood has caused devastation in the Arando area situated on the Pak-Afghan border area, where roads, irrigation channels, Pipe Line as well as people’s houses, and shops have also been damaged. These victims look for government aid. The affected people demand the provincial and federal government to compensate those who have faced heavy losses and where the roads, bridges, etc. have been destroyed due to floods, they should be restored and rehabilitation work should be done immediately so that their problems can be reduced.