Ahmad Nabi
LANDI KOTAL: Visit of member Senators of SEFRAN senate standing committee to Torkham border was canceled because of heavy flood at Pak-Afghan high way that suspended all kind of traffic for five hours on Thursday.
Chairman the standing committee Haji Taj Muhammad Afridi said that he along with scores of Senators had arrived till Ali Masjid area of Jamrud to attend briefing pertaining Torkham activities but returned back due to flood at number of spell ways at the highway.
Hundreds of vehicles at the both sides of the Pak-Afghan road at number of sections could been witnessed halting by the heavy flood.
The administration official in Torkham said that all arrangements had been finalized in Torkham to brief the visiting Senators.
According to residents of Landi Kotal construction work of he Pak-Afghan road had been approved in 2012 with support of US Aid and had completed in 2015 however during initial stage on demand of locals, nine bridges to be established at spell ways at the road had been okayed but later on for unknown reason the plan was revised and the contractor Frontier Work Organization did not built it that added miseries of the locals.
