Worst traffic jams make tourists suffer in Swat
July 25, 2021
KALAM: Thousands of tourists thronging the picturesque Kalam valley in Swat had to face the worst road blockades and traffic jams on Matta-Bahrain and Bahrain-Kalam roads on Friday and Saturday.
It took 12 to 14 hours for the tourists, belonging to different parts of the country, to cover the 35 kilometers distance between Bahrain and Kalam. Most of them spent the night in vehicles on the road as, according to them, there was bumper-to-bumper traffic jam right from Matta town to Bahrain and then from Bahrain to Kalam.
Matta is the hometown of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, where traffic always remains jammed due to rush of local vehicles and it becomes difficult for the narrow road to bear the burden of thousands of tourists.
Illegal crushing plants in Swat to face action
Peshawar
January 28, 2021
MINGORA: A meeting chaired by Malakand Division Commissioner Syed Zaheerul Islam has decided to take action against 63 illegal crushing plants in Swat district.
The decision was taken at a meeting on illegal crushing and excavation from Swat River and its environs convened at the Commissioner’s Office at Saidu Sharif.
Regional Police Officer, Malakand division, Ijaz Khan also attended the meeting along with Swat Deputy Commissioner Junaid Khan, Malakand Deputy Commissioner Rehan Gul, officials of Environmental Protection Agency Swat, Mines and Minerals and the Irrigation departments.
The participants discussed the crushing plants set up in and around the Swat River and the work to extract construction materials in the floodplain areas of the river.