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was social resentment in between the families of Malkan Khail
and Audal Khel in the Kundal Bar Palas. The fued continued for
so many years. The families of Malkan Khail were living in Rawalpindi
Punjab and the main cause was the fued.
Palas Conservation and Development Project facilitated the
formation of community-based organization Kundal in November
2001. The CBO Kundal passed a resolution on 19th May 2002
that PCDP must technically and financially assist our community
in the rehabilitation of irrigation water channel. The irrigation
was in use some 50 years back but at the time it was not functioning
and even disappeared.
The CBO and PCDP signed the terms of Partnership agreement
on 26th June 2002 and IRD started construction work with the
active participation of community on the channel. The Project
rehabilitated 1500 feet irrigation channel but in the mean
time the family Malkan Khail represented by Mr Aurang Zeb
residing in the Rwalpindii came to know about the construction
of channel.
They stayed the work because the channel was passing through
his land and put the condition to the CBO that first resolve
our conflict and then I will allow the construction of the
channel.
The construction was stopped temporarily. CBO took about
six month on the conflict resolution and finally, they succeeded
in resolving the conflict. Now both the families are demonstrating
social harmony and the irrigation water channel was rehabilitated
with the active participation of the community.
The rehabilitation of irrigation water channel played the
role of catalytic agent in the conflict resolution in Kundal.
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