{"id":39527,"date":"2014-02-05T14:25:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T09:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=39527"},"modified":"2014-02-05T14:49:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T09:49:48","slug":"passengers-boat-operators-playing-risk-gojal-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2014\/02\/05\/passengers-boat-operators-playing-risk-gojal-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers and boat operators playing with risk in Gojal Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39530\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-39530\" alt=\"Passengers sitting an overloaded boat prepare to move across the dammed Hunza River \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-3-600x400.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-3.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-3.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-3.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gojal Valley: Passengers sitting an overloaded boat prepare to move across the dammed Hunza River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Haider Ali<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Hunza, February 5<\/strong>: Passengers traveling to and from the Gojal Valley are playing with risks every day. The risks increase in the winters when the dammed Hunza River&#8217;s surface freezes, making it difficult for the boats to operate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39531\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-39531\" alt=\"A man trying to break the surface to facilitate the boat's movement \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-4-600x400.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-4.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-4.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-4.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man trying to break the surface to facilitate the boat&#8217;s movement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Passengers and boat operators, putting themselves at critical risk, have to manually break the lake&#8217;s frozen surface to move forward, inch by inch.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39535\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1798600_10202381633075897_1555510250_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-39535\" alt=\"A boat stuck in middle of the frozen river \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1798600_10202381633075897_1555510250_n-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1798600_10202381633075897_1555510250_n.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1798600_10202381633075897_1555510250_n.jpg?resize=450%2C337&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1798600_10202381633075897_1555510250_n.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boat stuck in the middle of the frozen river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The passengers have been wearing safety jackets for the last couple of weeks. However, apart from the safety jackets there is no other safety measure in place to reduce the risk of disasters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39528\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-39528\" alt=\"The \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-1-600x400.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-1.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-1.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Gojal-Lake-Hunza-1.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The risk of accidents during such tasks are very high and there are no safety measures in place in the case of any disaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These boats carry people of all age as well as patients from Gojal Valley who have no other option available to reach health facilities in Aliabad or Gilgit. \u00a0There&#8217;s shortage of health facilities in the Gojal Valley due to which a lot of people have to travel outside the region to get medical attention.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haider Ali Hunza, February 5: Passengers traveling to and from the Gojal Valley are playing with risks every day. The risks increase in the winters when the dammed Hunza River&#8217;s surface freezes, making it difficult for the boats to operate. Passengers and boat operators, putting themselves at critical risk, have to manually break the lake&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4682],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"better_featured_image":{"id":39532,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":960,"height":640,"file":"2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-260x250.jpg","width":260,"height":250,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n.jpg?resize=260%2C250&ssl=1"},"medium":{"file":"1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-450x300.jpg","width":450,"height":300,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1"},"large":{"file":"1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-600x400.jpg","width":600,"height":400,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1"},"120x85":{"file":"1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-120x85.jpg","width":120,"height":85,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-120x85.jpg"},"150x150":{"file":"1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-150x150.jpg"},"415x260":{"file":"1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-415x260.jpg","width":415,"height":260,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n-415x260.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":0,"credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":0,"copyright":"","focal_length":0,"iso":0,"shutter_speed":0,"title":""}},"post":39527,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n.jpg"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1616422_10200722218178183_1006684208_n.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39527"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39536,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39527\/revisions\/39536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}