Affectees blame NDMA, NHA authorities for negligance, non-serious attitude; demands for unbaised probe into matter

RDs Time Report

HUNZA, Shishkat, May 16: Affectees of Upper Hunza specially that of Gulmit and Shishkat have blamed National Disaster Managment Authority (NDMA) and National High Way Authority (NHA) for lake of serious attitude towards the release of water. Talking to our correspondance, dwellers of aforementioned settlements criticised top leadership of both organizations for providing misleading report before national government and international donner agencies as well as financial irregularities in funds for debris removal and airlift services.


SHISHKAT, Upper Hunza: Lager portion of Shishkat is being submerged in rising water of the lake
Locals criticised both NDMA and NHA for huge property loss and slow pace of debris removal work demanding unbaised probe into matter and failure to meet deadlines from second week of February to breach into water.


GULMIT, Upper Hunza:Rapid rise in water level has turned Gulmit and Gulkin villages into peninsula

Local volunteers, Scouts and NGOs playing an active role with govt in relief operations;

NDMA choppers continue to shift daily life necessities to temporary relief camps and Upper Hunza, P.Cs demands immediate release of water from artificial lake
RDT Monitoring report
By: Fazal Shams Hunzai

HUNZA, Aliabad: Local Ismaili volunteers, boyscouts, NGO representitives and government officials load relief goods into a helicopter Local Ismaili volunteers, Boy scouts, members of Civil Society and Non Governmental Organizations with some of government institutions actively are busy in humanitarian work. Public circles (P.Cs) applaud their contribution and demanded immediate release of water as the next step on priority basis from artificially formed lake following land sliding.

It is pertinent to tell our readers that National Disaster Management Authority has provided helicopters as an air lift facility to shift daily life necessities and facilitate moment of masses and commuters from Central to Upper Hunza, locked for more than twenty three days following the massive land slide tragedy. Government has provided compensation to every family affected in the disaster yet many have concerns on slow pace of work in release of water.

[BREAKING NEWS] Local volunteers and NGOs playing an active role with govt in relief operations;

NDMA choppers continue to shift commuters and daily essentials to temporary relief camps and Upper Hunza, P.Cs demands immediate release of water from lake

Voice of Hunza Report
By: Fazal Shams Hunzai

HUNZA, Aliabad: Local Shia Imami Ismaili volunteers, Boy scouts, members of Civil Society and Non Governmental Organizations with some of government institutions are actively busy in humanitarian work in Hunza. Public circles (P.Cs) applaud their contribution and demanded immediate relaease of water as the next step on priority basis from artificially formed lake following land sliding.

It is pertinent to tell our readers that National Disaster Management Authority has provided helicopters to facilitate moment of masses from Central to Upper Hunza, locked for more than twenty three days following the calamity. Government has provided compensation to every family affected in the disaster yet many have concerns on slow pace of work in release of water.

HUNZA: Relief goods being shifted to Gojal, Upper Hunza
Photos by: Fazal Karim Hunzai

Meanwhile, it is known to VoH that Nazir Sabir, former member Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly has left capital for Hunza along some officials of NDMA to observe relief operations and the situation emerged due to blocked of water on Hunza River