Flood-resilient streams protect mountain farms, villagers in north Pakistan
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:45 AM
Author: Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio
HUNZA-NAGAR VALLEY, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Flood-prone streams that until recently threatened the lives, incomes and properties of mountain communities in Pakistan’s Hunza-Nagar valley are now much less dangerous, and are even helping boost harvests, after work enabling them to better withstand weather extremes.
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