Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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.

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