Locals Mint Money From Glaciers Ice in Chitral
- 8 years ago
The melting of glaciers in Chitral is a creeping threat. However, their extinction is also likely to have long-term environmental hazards on the region as the glaciers irrigate land in the region. The fears have risen as an electricity shortage has compelled people to use ice glaciers.
Ice from glaciers became a commodity in Chitral with the shortage of electricity, therefore, to save locals from the heat, the business-minded ones cashed in on the situation. The ice blocks started being taken from Lowari Top eight years back.
However, where there is money involved, conflict makes a beeline into the equation. When people of Ashrait, a village near Lowari, saw ice-selling helping people make profit, they claimed a glacier on Lowari’s main Chitral-Peshawar Road to be their property. The Ashrait residents started bidding on the glacier.
Now every year, a bidding of millions of rupees is called – whoever bids the highest gets the glacier. After that, businessmen buy ice blocks from the bidders and sell them in the market.
After Lowari, now the business has also started in Tirich Mir. As per an estimate, every day 50 to 60 jeeps are loaded with ice blocks from glaciers in Tirich Mir and sold in different places such as Torkhow, Mulkhow, Booni, Reshun, Chitral city, Ayun and Drosh.
Tirich Mir glaciers are more popular and liked by the public since they are cleaner and softer as compared to Lowari Top’s glaciers.
The ice loaded out a single vehicle is sold for Rs12,000 to Rs15,000, driver of a vehicle, Sharif Ahmed, said while talking to The Express News. He said it gives good money but they also have to pay for fuel.
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Ice from glaciers became a commodity in Chitral with the shortage of electricity, therefore, to save locals from the heat, the business-minded ones cashed in on the situation. The ice blocks started being taken from Lowari Top eight years back.
However, where there is money involved, conflict makes a beeline into the equation. When people of Ashrait, a village near Lowari, saw ice-selling helping people make profit, they claimed a glacier on Lowari’s main Chitral-Peshawar Road to be their property. The Ashrait residents started bidding on the glacier.
Now every year, a bidding of millions of rupees is called – whoever bids the highest gets the glacier. After that, businessmen buy ice blocks from the bidders and sell them in the market.
After Lowari, now the business has also started in Tirich Mir. As per an estimate, every day 50 to 60 jeeps are loaded with ice blocks from glaciers in Tirich Mir and sold in different places such as Torkhow, Mulkhow, Booni, Reshun, Chitral city, Ayun and Drosh.
Tirich Mir glaciers are more popular and liked by the public since they are cleaner and softer as compared to Lowari Top’s glaciers.
The ice loaded out a single vehicle is sold for Rs12,000 to Rs15,000, driver of a vehicle, Sharif Ahmed, said while talking to The Express News. He said it gives good money but they also have to pay for fuel.
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