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Village elders: 'No electricity, no polio vaccinations'
 Tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan are taking desperate measures in an effort to bring electricity to their area, saying that as long as they have no electricity they won't vaccinate their children against polio. Several hundred residents from villages in Lakki Marwat district staged a demonstration on June 10 and turned away polio-eradication teams.Village elder Zaitullah Betanai said, "There is an electricity supply line but no electricity, and there is no electricity transformer in the area. We have no mosquito kits and no spray against mosquitoes is arranged so far. Also, there is no ambulance in the area. We want the government to address the four demands immediately." Posted by: ryuge 2013-06-12 |
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