{"id":41604,"date":"2014-05-06T15:18:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T10:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=41604"},"modified":"2014-05-06T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T10:29:29","slug":"pedestrians-risking-lives-crossing-dangerous-bridge-gojal-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2014\/05\/06\/pedestrians-risking-lives-crossing-dangerous-bridge-gojal-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrians risking their lives while crossing a dangerous bridge in Gojal Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The bridge in its current shape is highly unsafe for pedestrians. Photo: Mirbaz Mir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shishkat, May 6<\/strong>: The people of Gojal Valley, Upper Hunza, as well as businessmen, labourers and tourists are risking their lives while using the remains of a dilapidated bridge for moving between Shishkat and Gulmit, two of the most populated villages of the Gojal Valley.<\/p>\n

The bridge has been destroyed due to the increase in water flow but so far no alternative has been provided for the commuters, forcing them to use the remains of the destroyed bridge.<\/p>\n

Two wooden planks are being use to connect the bridge with the bank of the river.<\/p>\n

The work on construction of a huge bridge at the same spot is underway. However, its construction is likely to take more than a year.<\/p>\n

\"Work<\/a>
Work on an under construction bridge has been restarted. Photo: Mirbaz Mir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Locals<\/a>
Locals are forced to risk their lives and move between Shishkat and Gulmit on this dilapidated bridge. Photo: Mirbaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The bridge was constructed on emergency basis after a similar bridge had collapsed almost 1 kilometers downstream. Photo: Mirbaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A concrete bridge is also being constructed in the same area which will help relink the Karakuram Highway. Photo: Mirbaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gojal<\/a>
The remains of the pedestrian bridge can slide and fall in the river anytime. Photo: Mirbaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shishkat, May 6: The people of Gojal Valley, Upper Hunza, as well as businessmen, labourers and tourists are risking their lives while using the remains of a dilapidated bridge for moving between Shishkat and Gulmit, two of the most populated villages of the Gojal Valley. The bridge has been destroyed due to the increase in …<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41608,"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":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gilgit-baltistan"],"better_featured_image":{"id":41608,"alt_text":"","caption":"Locals are forced to risk their lives and move between Shishkat and Gulmit on this dilapidated bridge ","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1536,"height":2048,"file":"2014\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"Gojal-Bridge-4-260x250.jpg","width":260,"height":250,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4.jpg?resize=260%2C250&ssl=1"},"medium":{"file":"Gojal-Bridge-4-337x450.jpg","width":337,"height":450,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4.jpg?fit=337%2C450&ssl=1"},"large":{"file":"Gojal-Bridge-4-600x800.jpg","width":600,"height":800,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4.jpg?fit=600%2C800&ssl=1"},"150x150":{"file":"Gojal-Bridge-4-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4-150x150.jpg"},"120x85":{"file":"Gojal-Bridge-4-120x85.jpg","width":120,"height":85,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4-120x85.jpg"},"415x260":{"file":"Gojal-Bridge-4-415x260.jpg","width":415,"height":260,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4-415x260.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":0,"credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":0,"copyright":"","focal_length":0,"iso":0,"shutter_speed":0,"title":""}},"post":41604,"source_url":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4.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\/05\/Gojal-Bridge-4.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41604","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=41604"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41614,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41604\/revisions\/41614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}