Pakistan: Demonstration for ground compensation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, highway's lack of highway jam

Islamabad, September 14 (IANS). In Pakistan, people from Harban in Khyber -Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province on Sunday blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday. During this time, hundreds of people were stranded. Local residents are determined about the demand for immediate and more compensation for the land obtained for the Damar-Basha Dam project. According to local media, the highway connecting Gilgit Baltistan with Pakistan was cut due to a seat near Harban Nalla, which causes a large shortage of food grains and drugs and hundreds of trucks with goods. According to a report from the leading Pakistani daily ‘The Express Tribune’, the protesters have accused the Water and Electricity Development Authority (Wapda) and the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa administration of being turned away from their promises to pay compensation. “Our land has been ingested, the price is unfair and the payment has been delayed for years,” a protester said. The Cohistan District Administration and Wapda officials have acknowledged that about $ 3 billion of compensation is outstanding, of which about 2 billion rupees have already been transferred to the account of the Deputy Commissioner. The remaining amount will be released after the legal formalities are completed. According to local media reports, the long -standing blockade has raised the prices of essential vegetables such as onion and tomatoes, while vehicles that go through the Babusar Pass charge a high price, which increased the inflation further. Traders and transiters report huge losses with every day passing. Civil groups have criticized the silence of the Khyber-Pakhtunkwa government on the issue and questioned the jurisdiction of the state in dealing with the crisis. The protesters promised to continue the protesters until their claims were met. Local residents and traders have called on federal and provincial officials to intervene in the case, to interact and restore traffic on strategic highways. -Ians BC shares this story tags