{"id":2008,"date":"2021-04-08T05:57:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T05:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2021-04-08T05:57:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T05:57:14","slug":"no-electricity-residents-in-gut-village-live-in-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/no-electricity-residents-in-gut-village-live-in-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"No electricity: residents in Gut village live in darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Fazal Khaliq<\/p>\n<p>SWAT: The residents of scenic Gut Bela village have complained that they have been deprived of the basic facilities including electricity even in this modern era.<\/p>\n<p>They were talking to local journalists here regarding the issues faced by them owing to unavailability of electricity in their village.<\/p>\n<p>Located in Aka Maroof Bamikhela union council of Swat, Gut Bella is a scenic village and local tourists visit it during the summer season to enjoy natural beauty and pleasant weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur village has about 5,000 residents but we have been deprived of basic facilities including electricity,\u201d said Imranullah, a resident of the village. He added that a power project was approved in 2002 for the village but no steps were taken to execute it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--adjustable my-4 hidden sm:block py-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"js-ad    clearfix\">\n<div class=\"radWrapper  ad__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1455520357400-2\" class=\"ad__wrapper__slot\" data-google-query-id=\"CPbCzKD57e8CFUpD0wodjMgAMw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1029551\/DAWN-LB-728x90-MIDDLE_0__container__\">He said that some electricity poles were also fixed and lines were installed in the village in 2002 without connecting it with the grid station.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe live in a stone age in the 21st century. People in the rest of the world have computers and mobile phones but we do not have a bulb to switch it on in the night,\u201d said Imranullah.<\/p>\n<p>The villagers said that their village was situated in the middle of Malam Jabba and Bishbanr. They added that electricity could be provided to the village from both the areas.<\/p>\n<p>They said that apart from electricity, the village was also deprived of other facilities like proper road, drinking water and basic health unit.<\/p>\n<p>The villagers said that there was a dirt track to their village from Bishbanr that was constructed by an NGO. \u201cWe knocked at every door but nobody listened to us, neither our elected representatives nor the relevant department. An NGO constructed the road but it is still in bad shape,\u201d said Shafiullah, another villager.<\/p>\n<p>The villagers demanded of the government to provide electricity to their area otherwise they would take to the streets.<\/p>\n<p>MNA Salimur Rehman, when contacted, said that soon his personal assistant would visit the area to collect information regarding the issues faced by the villagers. \u201cWe will address their issues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fazal Khaliq SWAT: The residents of scenic Gut Bela village have complained that they have been deprived of the basic facilities including electricity even in this modern era. They were talking to local journalists here regarding the issues faced by them owing to unavailability of electricity in their village. Located in Aka Maroof Bamikhela [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[625,729,731,730],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2010,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions\/2010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morningpostnews.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}