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Kalash projects
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I wish to bring forward two points on the subject news published recently.
One is that this is not the first time that any public sector development
plan for Kalash communities has been prepared. We have been hearing of multi
Million rupees projects on development of Kalash valleys but the sad thing
is that no significant improvement has occurred in the life conditions of
Kalash people.
For one the budget portfolios of the Kalash Valleys Development Project (KVDP)
bear witness to the huge spending in the past. The second point
is who identifies the need for construction of Jastakan, or spending money
on ethnology museum.
I am sure the communities have not been consulted about their priority
issues while preparing the ADP. This is a safe method of draining public
money in the name of projects which have been identified elsewhere and the
beneficiary communities do not know about them.
According
to my information the Kalash do not need any Jastakan as there are already
more than enough Jastakans; 7 Jastakans through KVDP funds and 6 from the
Presidents' funds have already been constructed, culturally the Kalash need
one Jastakan for each lineage group and they have already more than enough
of them. The Ethnology Museum is already in operation in Bumburet, there is
hardly any need for additional spending, the credit for the construction
and operalionalization of this project goes to Greek Cooperative.
If the government has any funds to spend in Kalash valleys then the
communities in each of the valley must be consulted for their needs and
priorities and they must be involved in the whole process so that their real
needs are addressed and the money is spent judiciously.
Shah Karez
Chitral
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