MANSEHRA: The landowners affected by the 4,200MW Dasu hydropower project have stopped survey teams of revenue department from work, saying they would not allow any sort of work on the dam until their demands are met.

Deputy commissioner, Kohistan, had ordered the revenue department to complete the survey of land being acquired for the dam, but members of the Action Committee of affected people didn’t allow them to even start their work.

Haji Ghulam Said told mediapersons in Dasu on Thursday that the affected families in their recent meeting had decided that they would not allow any sort of work on the dam-related schemes and roads before getting proper price of their land.

Maulana Abdul Waris, Mohammad Arif and other members of the committee also spoke on the occasion. Meanwhile the spokesperson for the construction company told reporters in Dasu that the Wapda should show seriousness in addressing genuine issues of landowners.