CHITRAL
The most scenic valley of Oveerlasht always in danger of Glacial Lake outburst flood and residents’ of the area appealed to the government to announce construction of protection wall to save this green valley from possible flood havoc.
During a visit to the area, people of this scenic valley Arkari in Chitral and Oveerlasht while narrating their fear said that they could not sleep peacefully at the night and in day time because of the possible flood water that every year hit the valley by damaging valuable and a constant threat to human lives.
The people of the area said that they are always worried about the avalanche and flood water.
The people of the area said that the centuries-old glacier lying on the mountains at Mumi in the same valley always caused a devastating flood in which many people died earlier on. “We cannot prevent natural calamities, but we can minimize the rate of damage with better strategies and that is why we appealed to the government to construct a protection wall in order to address this long standing threat to human lives.
A protection wall should be built on both sides of flood nullahs so that this area can be saved from any possible flood damage. It should be noted that OveerLasht and its suburbs have a population of 4,000 people, where there is neither a hospital nor a primary school for girls. There is a mountain range on top of which there are centuries-old icebergs i.e. glaciers which can burst at any time and cause a big flood.
The people have appealed to the provincial and federal government as well as the international organizations to save their beautiful valley from possible flood damage where there is a danger of flood all the time.
