Fresh survey of damaged houses demanded.

GHALANAI -- The tribesmen of Baizai tehsil have demanded a fresh survey of their destroyed and damaged houses for proper compensation.

They said the houses were damaged or demolished by militants eight years ago.

The demand was made during an open kutcheri held at Ghanam Shan exchange, Baizai tehsil, here on Tuesday, where additional deputy commissioner Syed Saiful Islam was in the chair.

Assistant commissioner of Baizai Asghar Ali, tehsildar Zahid Kamal and representatives of education, health, works and services and other departments were present on the occasion.

Elders Malik Amir Jamal, Malik Fazal Manan, Malik Rehmani Gul, Malik Ghulam Mohammad, Malik Yousaf, Malik Ghulam Mohammad and Malik Sameer demanded compensation for damaged houses, supply of clean drinking water, and provision of staff and facilities in hospitals and schools.

Malik Rehmani Gul of Gadai Tangi area said houses were demolished eight years ago but the government had yet to compensate for it.

Elder Amir Jamal complained about water shortages and said the residents had to fetch water from distant areas. He flayed power outages and...