Families Await Housing Aid Years After Returning to Khyber

News Desk
PESHAWAR: More than 300 families belonging to the Surankhel sub-tribe of Sipah in the Nangrosa village of Upper Bara are facing severe hardships as they await vital financial assistance to rebuild their destroyed homes, years after returning to the area in 2022.
Despite repeated appeals submitted to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and the Khyber district administration, affected residents report a complete lack of official response, leaving them in prolonged distress without basic shelter infrastructure.
Frustrated by administrative delays and official apathy, several impoverished families have taken matters into their own hands, initiating the daunting task of reconstruction on a self-help basis.
Community representatives highlighted that the prolonged absence of a formal damage assessment survey by government authorities has deprived the displaced returnees of entitled compensation packages, forcing them to incur heavy personal debts just to construct temporary roofs over their heads.
The plight of the Nangrosa residents underscores persistent systemic bottlenecks in post-conflict rehabilitation and disaster compensation mechanisms across Pakistan’s tribal districts.
Delays in evaluating structural losses not only prolong humanitarian crises for vulnerable populations returning to their native lands but also undermine broader state efforts to ensure sustainable socioeconomic reintegration and lasting stability in the formerly war-affected regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Local civil society organizations and community elders have urged the provincial government and relevant disaster management bodies to immediately dispatch assessment teams to Upper Bara.
Authorities are expected to face mounting pressure to expedite relief disbursements and register overlooked households to prevent further marginalization of the returning families.