Kohat village without high school, dispensary and paved streets.

Byline: Abdul Sami Paracha

KOHAT -- The 300 households of Manda Khel village in Dhodh union council have long been suffering from neglect by the successive governments.

Most of the households in the village have no electricity supply, while there is no middle or high school, paved streets and dispensary in the entire village.

The village is situated about 18 kilometres from a nearby dispensary and middle and high schools, and 35 kilometres from big hospitals and educational institutions in Kohat city.

The existing schools lack electricity and water supply.

The local elders, including Shah Zeb Anwar, Abdul Abbas, Taimoor Shah, Zahir Shah, Deedan Shah, Gulbat Khan, Saeed Khan, Shakir Khan and Bakhtiar Khan said that electricity poles were installed from the funds of then MNA Khurhseed Begum of Awami National Party in 2010, but most of the pylons had since been without wires. They pointed out that some households were supplied with electricity, but the rest were neglected.

They complained that Amjid Afridi, who remained adviser to the chief minister three times, had promised during the government of Awami National Party that he would ensure provision electricity to the whole area, but to no avail.

Similarly, they said due to absence of middle and high school both for boys and girls, the students had to stop their studies as their parents could not afford to send them to schools either in Kohat city or Shahdipur. They said there were only two primary schools in the area which were without electricity and water supply.

Despite health...