Kandia, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Kandia Tehsil consists of four Union Councils in Pakistan having a population of approximately 40,167. The Kandia tehsil was created as a separate entity upon the splitting-away of the Kandia valley from the Dassu tehsil administration area, 23 km away. Kandia is part of the Swat District, and the Kandi valley merges with the Indus.[1]

The Kandia valley

The Kandia valley road[2] follows the Kandia Nuddi watercourse (21° 19' 60 N, 86° 55' 0 E), 371km from the capital Islamabad. It abuts Ghizer (Shoundoor) on the North, Kalam on the south, and Tashkand on the east.[3] The valley four Union Councils i.e. UC Thoti, UC kareen,UC Karang and UC Gabral. According to 1998 census the total population of the valley is 47,227. The valley of the Kandia is prone to natural disasters, primarily avalanches and flooding; in August 2011 over 60 people were killed and hundreds of farm livestock swept away by floods.[4][5] The Kandia valley road was washed away by extensive flooding, making access to the valley extremely difficult; 33 km long road was constructed and carpeted by ERRA amounting to Rs.805 millions. After the flood of July 2010, all the road has totally washed away and the access of the inhabitants were too difficult to the main market (Komila)so many diseases attack the people and died before any health treatments.[6]

References

  1. ↑ in Places, July 17, 2003, by Dr. Mansur Ahmed (2003-07-17). "The Karakoram Highway - Places - 4x4 Offroaders Club Karachi". Offroadpakistan.com. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Kandia Valley Road trail - Suyal, North West Frontier Province (Pakistan) - GPS track". Wikiloc. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Kandia Nuddi, India - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". Geographic.org. 1994-01-13. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  4. ↑ "At least 63 die in Kohistan village hit by flash floods | Newspaper". Dawn.Com. 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  5. ↑ "Infant found alive in search for flash flood victims in Kohistan | Provinces". Dawn.Com. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  6. ↑ "Projects - ADB.org". Pid.adb.org. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

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