{"id":39797,"date":"2014-02-16T23:34:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T18:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=39797"},"modified":"2014-02-16T23:38:37","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T18:38:37","slug":"chitral-everyone-gets-clean-drinking-water-bakarabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2014\/02\/16\/chitral-everyone-gets-clean-drinking-water-bakarabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Chitral: Not everyone gets clean drinking water in Bakarabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39798\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chitral.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-39798\" alt=\"A woman carrying water in two buckets in the Bakarabad village of Chitral \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chitral-600x182.jpg?resize=600%2C182\" width=\"600\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chitral.jpg?resize=600%2C182&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chitral.jpg?resize=450%2C136&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Chitral.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman carrying water in two buckets in the Bakarabad village of Chitral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Gul Hamamd Farooqi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chitral, February 16<\/strong>: Women in Bakarabad village have to walk for more than a while to be able to fetch clean drinking water. Their village does not have clean drinking water. They have to walk, cans on head, in severe weather everyday, to a nearby stream which is anything but clean.On their way back, the women have to climb a steep slope which makes it even harder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39799\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/193.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-39799\" alt=\"The water from a glacial stream which is being used for drinking \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/193-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/193.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/193.jpg?resize=450%2C337&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/193.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The water from a glacial stream which is being used for drinking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The contaminated water is then used for cooking, cleaning kitchen utensils and other daily needs, which poses serious threat for the health of the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">A water pump that had been installed in their village to lift water has been out of operations for almost three weeks because of electricity failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39800\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12099.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-39800\" alt=\"Women carrying water to their houses \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12099-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12099.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12099.jpg?resize=450%2C337&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/12099.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women carrying water to their houses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The local people, especially women, have appealed to the government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to look into the matter and take steps for making life easier for the populace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gul Hamamd Farooqi Chitral, February 16: Women in Bakarabad village have to walk for more than a while to be able to fetch clean drinking water. Their village does not have clean drinking water. 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