Thursday, January 21, 2010


People of Gojal demand urgent action for releasing water from disaster lake
Monitoring Report

by Ghulam Nasir
GILGIT, January 19:(PT) People of Gojal living in Gilgit city have criticized the government for delaying work on releasing water from the lake formed on Hunza river.
Addressing a press conference at a local hotel here in Gilgit the speakers said that the government is only offering lip service to the people of Ayeen Abad, Shishkat and Gulmit, the three villages endangered by the fast expanding lake.
“More than eight thousand people living in these three villages, their houses, field and property are under immediate threat due to the increasing water level but the government is yet to come up with a strategy to release water from the lake”, said a speaker. The lake formation had started on January 4, 2010, after a devastating landslide.
“It is unfortunate that our representatives are silent about their future strategy or just giving vague statements about the lake’s fate”, another speaker said.Pamirtimes.net