{"id":12458,"date":"2010-05-21T23:21:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T18:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=12458"},"modified":"2010-05-21T23:21:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T18:21:19","slug":"villagers-blast-govts-response-to-hunza-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2010\/05\/21\/villagers-blast-govts-response-to-hunza-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Villagers blast govt&#8217;s response to Hunza flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong>ALTIT: Hundreds of villagers shouting anti-government slogans on Friday denounced the authorities&#8217; failure to offer compensation to residents displaced by a lake created after a landslide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Officials evacuated thousands of people this week amid fears the lake, formed after a landslide blocked the Hunza River on Jan. 4, could burst and affect about 50,000 people downstream and sever a road serving as an important trade link with China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Twenty people were killed in the landslide and subsequent flooding of several villages upstream displaced about 6,000 people and left another 25,000 stranded, according to officials and residents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani visited Altit village on Friday, where about 1,300 displaced people had been housed, some 15 km (9 miles) east of the new lake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">But soon after Gilani left, some in the 400-strong crowd began shouting anti-government slogans, demanding immediate relief, witnesses said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u201cThe protesters were annoyed that the prime minister did not announce any relief package for them,\u201d Raza Hamadani told Reuters by telephone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The protesters dispersed after officials, who accompanied Gilani, assured them the government would announce compensation and help them resettle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Officials hope for a gradual erosion of the blockage once the water starts flowing sometime next week through a spillway created to drain the lake. But they have not ruled out a sudden breach that could lead to massive flooding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">A sudden flood would inundate 39 villages in the regions of Hunza and Gilgit, affecting about 13,000 people. Residents put the number at about 25,000 with a similar number affected further downstream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The lake has also submerged a 22-km (15-mile) stretch of the Karakoram Highway, hampering trade between Pakistan and China. \u2014 <strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALTIT: Hundreds of villagers shouting anti-government slogans on Friday denounced the authorities&#8217; failure to offer compensation to residents displaced by a lake created after a landslide. 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