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Electricity protest gets rough

CHITRAL, 01 July 08: : All roads leading out of Chitral town were blocked and  shop shutters pulled down, while protestors chanted slogans against politicians when demonstrators from different parts of the town came on the roads, Tuesday. Earlier in the day the MNA had addressed protestors saying he was the one who arranged for electricity from Reshun power station but others were trying to snatch the credit from him. Speakers castigated all the frontline politicians including the MNA, District Nazim, and the Provincial Minister for politicising the electricity supply issue. They said, despite availability of the needed electricity, it is not being supplied due to infighting amongst the politicians and the rat race amongst them to take credit for the service, besides inefficiency and mismanagement in the power supply organisation. The District administration officials, DCO, DPO etc who came there held prolonged Photo by GH Farooqi negotiations with the protestors and promised to solve the problem in two days, but the demonstrators refused to budge from the sit in, after which Baton charge and Teargas was used to disperse the protesting crowds and the roads opened thereafter. On the previous night dozens of students had staged a sit in protest at the Ataliq Chowk at mid night, with open books in their hands depicting their inability to study. --(CN report)