Khyber: People from various walks of life have demonstrated that the rural areas of Landi Kotal will be provided with electricity for only two hours a day.
Speaking at the ‘Meet the Press’ program held at Landi Kotal Press Club, Khyber District, Tehsil Chairman Haji Shah Khalid, Amamiami National Party (ANP) Provincial Councilor Fakal Rehman Afridi, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Shah Rehman Shinwari, Pakistan Tehreek- Local e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zarbullah said it was unfair for the Tribal Electricity Supply Corporation (TESCO) to reduce power supply from four hours to two hours.
They consider it an artificial problem due to lack of electricity, disruption of daily life and lack of potable water produced in the area.
It is a serious problem facing the entire district that needs to be solved together, said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa parliamentarians and their respective constituencies should take up the issue with the Federal Government on behalf of the former tribal areas. to get their rights.
The speakers are worried that the rulers have deceived themselves as the promises of encouragement during the unification have not been fulfilled, which is why the mothers took steps against them.
Khyber is the worst affected district in the past two decades of militancy, but instead of healing the wounds, the rulers are denying them equal rights by humiliating their victims.
They said that if electricity is not restored as per the old plan, a strategy will be prepared to start an agitation against it with the approval of political and social organizations.