DIR: A 12-yr-previous boy died when he fell from a log bridge into River Panjkora at Biyar, an space of Kohistan valley in Higher Dir district on Saturday.
Native residents and police stated that the physique of Naveed Khan was recovered from the river afterward. In an identical incident, a lady and her daughter had drowned within the river whereas crossing the river by means of the identical log bridge in Biyar. Locals stated that they had been dealing with difficulties in absence of a correct bridge, which had been washed away within the 2010 floods.
Ikramullah, a resident of Biyar, stated the present log bridge is dangerous. One other resident stated the wooden bridges that that they had made at numerous locations on the river had additionally received broken within the current flood. He stated that they needed to arrange momentary bridges as a result of the reconstruction work on the destroyed bridge had been suspended for the final 4 years. The residents demanded the authorities to expedite work on the challenge to stop additional lack of lives.
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