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 | Pakistans Hunza Valley: Another Paradise Lost? |
 The new year in the Hunza valley began with a catastrophe. On January 4, a crack in the sloped terrain of Attaabad in the Upper Hunza valley widened and gravity took its toll: houses in the village collapsed. A major landslide caused a wave of dust and gravel; subsequently, material from the moraine blocked and dammed the Hunza valley. Four months later, the villagers in the northwest of Karakoram still live in a state of uncertainty.
Attaabad is one of the younger villages in Hunza, inhabited by people from the central oasis five generations ago. The exposed location made irrigated agriculture difficult, favoured orchards and allowed easy access to the high pastures.
The crack in the slope had been discovered some time ago in the aftermath of the Astor earthquake. Humanitarian organisations such as Focus Humanitarian Assistance had assessed the likely danger and advised the villagers to leave their unstable abodes high above the Hunza river. Despite the timely warning, around 20 people lost their lives, 50 houses were destroyed and 1,500 people were displaced and forced to live in camps or with relatives and friends in neighbouring villages. The Karakoram Highway – while undergoing repairs by Chinese engineers – was damaged along a 1.5-km stretch. A lake formed upstream into Gojal where it submerged roads and bridges, lands and residences of Ainabad and Shishket. Recently it reached Gulmit, the largest village and tehsil headquarter of Gojal, however, the upper lake level has not been affected yet.
Note: Source: newslinemagazine
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| Farhan Lalji |
 Farhan Lalji is the Vancouver Correspondent for SportsCentre, TSN’s flagship news and information program.
Lalji joined TSN in 1997 and is the Vancouver correspondent for SportsCentre, covering the Canucks, Lions and other sports stories in the Vancouver area.
During his 14 years at TSN, he has covered some of the biggest sporting events in North America, including the 2004, 2006 and 2010 Olympic Games, the Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Finals, Grey Cup, MLB and NBA All-Star Games, and golf’s U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
Born in Tanzania, Lalji has resided in Vancouver since the age of four and his love of sports began at an early age. Lalji got his start as the Sports Information Director at Simon Fraser University from 1991 to 1994.
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Posted by admin on Tuesday, June 15 @ 01:13:28 CDT (67 reads)
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