Comments on: Mayun Landslide: 20 families evacuated from a village of Hunza Valley

By: GM Mughal

GM Mughal — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:40:54 +0000

The suggestions/questions raised by the honourable writers, especially (Mr. Amin Beg), urgently need to be addressed by concerned authorities. This is another human catastrophe after Atabad disaster. About one kilometer of main irrigation channel of Hussainabad has badly been damaged due to continuous mountain sliding, and uptil latest reports, sliding continued without any interval/break. More than two hundred households of Hussainabad and Khizerabad are without water for agricultural land, power supply and communication link between Hussainabad and Mayun villages for the last three weeks. About 20 households of Mayun village have been evacuated and are forced to live in tents. Only Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP) of Aga Khan Planning and Building Services Pakistan (AKPBS) and FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance Programme have provided some relief in the shape of water pipe for drinking purposes and some tents to the displaced families. The concerned authorities and elected reps of the area are humbly requested to visit the affected site without any further delay and make immediate arrangements and alleviate the distresses and sufferings of the people.

By: Amin Beg

Amin Beg — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:24:47 +0000

Has the GBDMA done an assessment of the risks? Are we going to witness another Attabad-style disaster with threats to lives, large-scale displacements and damming of the Hunza-Nagar River??

there is an immediate need for conducting a joint, multi-agency assessment involving GBDMA, NDMA, GSP and other agencies.

the elected members from Hunza-Nagar need to proactively push the governent jointly to conduct and submit a detailed technical report with recommendations for action short-term, medium term and long-term.

By: Sbaig24

Sbaig24 — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:45:46 +0000

I am chargin to see GB goverment being indifferent in such dire situations,where Hussainabad residents have no acess to drinking water .The residents of neighbouring village called KADEEM ABAD are already vacated thier area due to same issue some 1 yr ago… Goverment shouldnot only devise proper machanism for local people but also the effectees..No doubt Focus has been actively working in such situation…But WHERE IS THE GOVERNING BODIES…

By: Hafiz Shah Ali

Hafiz Shah Ali — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 03:19:04 +0000

NGO FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance geologist on 23 Sep advised the villagers of Mayun that about 20 houses are in direct path of landslide which has become active and adviced that they evacuate.Tents etc have been provided by FOCUS
In May 2011 there was also landsliding
FOCUS has identified this Mayun area as risky due to landslide