Strikers vows to continue strike till acceptance to their demands for revised compensation; half of Attaabad ready to slid down

HUNZA, Attaabad, July 12: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Attaabad and Sarat village, who after spending around four and half months finally compeled to risk their lives, gathered near blockade and on strike against governments's negligance in rehabilitation process. Around 310 IDPs including male, female and children have established protest camps.
Protestors blocked the temporary jeepable road to the Western facade of the blockade and commuters stranded virtually on both sides who later returened to from they came.
According to the Secretary information of both disaster hit places, Safdar Ali told VoH via telephone that affectees have planned to continue their strike until and unless government does not show its willingness to accept their demands of immediate rehibilition. " Mere a compensation of 600,000 rupee for every household is insuficient to buy and build and new shelter somewhere in the region," he maintained. Contineous rock fall and potential land failure engulfed region in fog for last four days thus created hurdles for boat service. Consequently, authorites suspended boat service to upstream.

300 IDPs entered into red Zone of Altit camp

GBE Monitoring Desk
SKARDU, Jul 13 (APP): As many as 300 IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) of Hunza entered into red zone of Altit camp through local wheel chair with rope to cross the river. “The areas which were declared most dangerous six months before will be now the residing areas of IDPs,” they warned the government. The government should take actions to get these IDPs, back from the red zone, otherwise any unhappy incident can be occurred.
The IDPs said in case of happening any unhappy incident government would be responsible.

Tempering With The Name of Attabad Lake?

Monitoring report

HUNZA, July 13:The question ,Would it be Attabad Lake or Gojal Lake? raised due to a recent attempt of tempering the name of Attabad Lake as Gojal Lake by one of the local media blog.When 20 people of Attabad (in majority Childern, women and elderly) lost their precious lives and the whole villages of Attabad and Sarat devastated due to the disastrous land sliding, it formed a lake on the Hunza River by blocking it. The water stretched upstream of the lake to Gulmit in Thesil Gojal-Hunza. Due to the increasing level of water which is measured more than 350 feet at depth and 32 KM of length has submerged villages of Ayeenabad, a major part of Shishkat and portions of Gulmit and Hussaini.
Due to the loss of 20 precious lives which has ruined lives of many families in the village of Attabad and Sarat in an irreparable way just in a few moments has shocked the whole world, particularly people in Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, community and humanity world over. Although people have lost their homes, lands, orchards and other belonging established and constructed over generations but the cost of 20 human lives are no comparison to what material cost has been. The world realized the grief and sorrow of the people of Attabad and families who have suffered heavily due to the affects of sudden demise of the 20 precious lives of loved and dear ones in Attabad. The lake which formed at the cost of the lives of 20 people was named Attabad, and in the foundation of the lake the lives of 5 people who were initially declared missing now for sure have become part of the foundation of the lake as yet they are not traceable, made people to name the lake in memory of 20 people who have lost their lives as ‘Attabad Lake’.
It was stunning to see recently in a local blog the lake was tried to be named as ‘Gojal Lake’. Many people think, why does this blog has attempted to temper with name of Attabad Lake? What is the purpose of this tempering act? While media world over is so much sensitive to the human lives. By tempering the name of the lake, it seems that the said blog has not considered the extent it would be hurting the feelings and emotions of the family members of those 20 people who died due to the Attabad Land Sliding including children, women, elderly and men.
Courtesy: Gilgit-Baltistan Times