KHYBER
Prolonged suspension of Pak-Afghan highway at Bugyari area have left hundreds of daily wagers jobless as construction works have come to halt due to lack of building materials,laborers said.
Large number of daily wagers and manual workers who earned their three times meal by working in various government and private constructions said that since the blockade day, they had been compelled to starve as no labor works were available in Landi Kotal because of shortage of building materials.
Imdadullah, a daily wager, said that the road blockade by the Koki Khel tribesmen had suffered them a lot.
On time food was unavailable in his house to feed his children, he lamented.
He maintained that it was not a civilized way to block the road for his own interests and added miseries of others.
One of the contractors, Sarfraz said that he had hired services of 60 to 70 laborers and daily wagers in different construction projects however because of road blockade supply of construction materials was totally stopped that suspended all construction works in the entire tehsil.
Hayat Khan, a dealer of construction materials (bricks, sand, cement etc) regretted that stalk of the substance had been eliminated and for the last twenty three days’ supply of the commodities was completely disconnected because of the Koki Khel agitation.
On a query he maintained that the construction materials cost more if transported via alternate hilly and mountainous road of Mulagori-Shelman road.
The laborers urged the Koki Khel tribal and the concerned authorities to have mercy on them and sort out a durable and acceptable solution of the issue.
It is to be stated here internal Displaced Persons(IDPs) of Koki Khel,Jamrud have suspended the Pak-Afghan highway for the last three weeks for all kinds of movements in protest for repatriation to their area,Rajgal,Tirah Valley.
