Business Recorder - CHITRAL (February 03 2010): Grid Station Operation staff are busy at snow bound Lawari top (having the altitude of 10500 feet from sea level) for restoration of electricity. Due to heavy snowfall on 28 and 29 January some 4 to 6 feet snow recorded at Lawari top as a result of which main transmission line of 33 KV was badly damaged by breaking of poles and cable.
Supply of electricity to Chitral is suspended and the whole district plunged into darkness since that. Tehsil Nazim Chitral Sarataj Ahmad Khan visited Ziarat outskirt of Lawari top to analyse the ongoing work of restoration of electricity.
It was learned that during his visit some 16 staffers of GSO (Wapda) were working without having any latest equipment, no warm uniform as well as their vehicle is also out of order and not working in hilly and snowbound areas.
Sartaj Ahmad Khan shifted cable in his own vehicle to Ziarat and handed over to GSO staff. He also visited border police force posts where border police cob has been deployed for security of Korean staff working in Lawari tunnel as well as to protect the border.
Sartaj Ahmad Khan appreciated and warmly hailed their services who were working and performing their highly cold temperature. He was informed by GSO staff that some three poles have been damaged at Chitral side by snowfall and th
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