Bahrain Valley Swat After Flood
- 7 years ago
The Swat Valley has three natural landscapes namely Lower Swat, Upper Swat and Swat-Kohistan.
Indigenous experts say that the monsoon doesn't occur in the Lower Swat and Swat-Kohistan. Lower Swat is the part from Landakey – where the district boundary meets with the Malakand Agency – to Charbagh, including Mingora city and the district headquarters, Saidu Sharif.
Upper Swat is beyond Charbagh up to the town of Fatehpur, whereas the Swat-Kohistan is the narrow valley beyond Fatehpur, and includes the valleys of the tourist destinations: Madyan, Miandam, Bahrain and Kalam.
Indigenous knowledge also tells us that when the summer rain in Swat falls in pockets, there will be no imminent floods except a few cases of flash floods in the gorges which get more of the deluge. I can say from experience that that is true, and rain in Swat usually does fall only in pockets – in some areas, it is intense, while others remain dry.
However, exactly five years back – on July 27, 28 and 29 in the year of 2010 – it wasn't so.At that time, the entire valley experienced an almost uniform deluge with the same intensity from Landakey to the hills of Kalam and Utror.
Hundreds of suspension and other bridges were left completely dismembered. Only a single bridge near the Ayeen Village miraculously survived; it was the main means of crossing the Swat River in the entire region.Many parts of Swat and especially the beautiful Swat-Kohistan section have still not been fully restored. Had the Pakistan Army not been present in Swat at the time, we would still have been walking miles in search of food supplies.
In a period of four months, the army was able to make a jeep track from Fatepur to Kalam, in addition to the transport of food with the help of choppers. The US government also paid special attention to the rescue and relief work for the people of Swat.
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Indigenous experts say that the monsoon doesn't occur in the Lower Swat and Swat-Kohistan. Lower Swat is the part from Landakey – where the district boundary meets with the Malakand Agency – to Charbagh, including Mingora city and the district headquarters, Saidu Sharif.
Upper Swat is beyond Charbagh up to the town of Fatehpur, whereas the Swat-Kohistan is the narrow valley beyond Fatehpur, and includes the valleys of the tourist destinations: Madyan, Miandam, Bahrain and Kalam.
Indigenous knowledge also tells us that when the summer rain in Swat falls in pockets, there will be no imminent floods except a few cases of flash floods in the gorges which get more of the deluge. I can say from experience that that is true, and rain in Swat usually does fall only in pockets – in some areas, it is intense, while others remain dry.
However, exactly five years back – on July 27, 28 and 29 in the year of 2010 – it wasn't so.At that time, the entire valley experienced an almost uniform deluge with the same intensity from Landakey to the hills of Kalam and Utror.
Hundreds of suspension and other bridges were left completely dismembered. Only a single bridge near the Ayeen Village miraculously survived; it was the main means of crossing the Swat River in the entire region.Many parts of Swat and especially the beautiful Swat-Kohistan section have still not been fully restored. Had the Pakistan Army not been present in Swat at the time, we would still have been walking miles in search of food supplies.
In a period of four months, the army was able to make a jeep track from Fatepur to Kalam, in addition to the transport of food with the help of choppers. The US government also paid special attention to the rescue and relief work for the people of Swat.
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