Lightning destroys hotel as rain wreaks havoc in Shangla
July 14, 2021
BISHAM: Lightning destroyed a hotel as heavy monsoon rain wreaked havoc in various parts of the Shangla district on Tuesday.
The rain started on Monday and continued intermittently for the second consecutive day, causing flashfloods in the Khan Khwar and other seasonal streams.
The floods swept away over half a dozen vehicles while several mud-thatched houses caved in due to rain in various union councils.
Lightning also destroyed a hotel near Bailay Baba and the land link of over 60,000 population in between Raniyal and Kormang union councils disconnected with other areas due high floods in Khan Khwar.
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Peshawar
January 28, 2021
BESHAM: The Shangla National Jirga on Wednesday threatened to launch a protest movement if the government did not provide electricity to the Shangla district from Karora Hydropower project forthwith.
Speaking at the jirga, Nawaz Mahmood Khan and Sadidur Rahman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Muhammad Rishad and Intikhab Alam Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Azam Khan and Mutawakil Khan of the Awami National Party, Zaidullah Khan of the Pakistan People’s Party, Dr Sajjad Khan and Shah Saud advocate of Qaumi Watan Party, Immad Ahmad and Muhammad Tayyab Khan of Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam, Muhamamd Naeem Khan, Nisar Ahmad, Sarfaraz Khan and others said that Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (Pedo) was applying delaying tactics to provide electricity to Shangla from the Karora Hydropower project.