The 4th of January was a gloomy and disastrous day for Hunza, once considered paradise on earth, which claimed 19 precious lives in the Attabad village due to landslides.
Although natural disasters are inevitable, disaster management incorporated with human settlement planning can at least save human lives.
Focus Humanitarian Assistance, disaster management organisation of the Aga Khan Development Network, conducted a geological survey in the year 2007 and also shifted 27 families from Attabad.
The villagers have time and again requested the Government of Gilgit, Baltistan, for providing them land that was safe as an alternative for resettlement. However, they were ignored for unknown reasons as a consequence of which they faced tragic results.
via DAWN.COM | Letters to the Editor | Disaster management work in Hunza.
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