Pakistan-China
Chinese funded dam project: Demonstrators protest in PoK against biased policies
Gilgit Baltistan: A protest was recently organized against the biased policies of the Chinese Dam administration and Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit Baltistan government as locals were being ignored for jobs related to Diamer-Bhasha dam construction projects.
On July 29, a protest was organized under the leadership of Habibullah Tora, Chairman of Kohistan Tahfuz Movement, a movement to protect the Kohistan district, reports ANI.
Notably, Diamer-Bhasha Dam is a dam on River Indus between Kohistan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Diamer district in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The angry residents of Herban-Shatial and Diamer District gathered near the Diamer-Bhasha dam site at the Shatial Bazar, Gilgit Baltistan and demonstrated against the Chinese Dam administration and Pakistan Government’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) for ignoring locals for jobs related to dam construction projects, the news agency reported.
The locals even alleged that the government did not pay any compensation for the forcefully acquired land for the dam-site.
The demonstrators even claimed that the Pakistan administration is ignoring the local youth of occupied Gilgit Baltistan and instead providing jobs to Pakistan’s Punjab-based youths.
The protestors led by Habibullah Tora demanded special reservations in jobs for the youth of the Diamer district and due compensation for the forcefully acquired land for the dam site, reports ANI.
The organizers of the protest warned the government and administration that if their demands and rights are not fulfilled they would expand the protests all over Gilgit-Baltistan.
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