CHITRAL, Jan 09 (APP): As Chitral receives heavy snowfall, the life and business activities come to a standstill and people remain confined to their homes. During such a situation, traffic on roads remains thin and tradition hustle and bustle in bazaars also witness decrease. People usually use fire wood to keep their houses warm which means that forest wood is cut mercilessly during such days. As well as local people also are using fire wood for cooking and heating purposes. A gas plant was approved by the previous government and a 40-kanal site for the proposed project was also identified in Singor area, but the current government stopped work on it. Due to unprecedented hike in the power tariff, people now use electricity very cautiously. Whenever there is heavy snowfall, people remove snow from their roofs with the help of wooden spades. They do so because they fear that the increasing load of snow may damage their roofs. When snow remains on the roof top, it also causes seepage, which causes difficulties for the residents. Water pipelines also freeze and sometimes burst in extreme cold weather after which the residents face severe water shortage. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Shaukat Fayyaz … Continue reading Residents face problems as Chitral receives snowfall