Alingar schoolteachers demand promised land plots

MEHTHARLAM (Pajhwok): Schoolteachers in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province say they have not been given land plots promised to them in the previous government.

Maulvi Mianoor, a member of the teachers union, told Pajhwok Afghan News that they had received documents of the plots during the previous government but the land was yet to be allotted to them.

He said: “Each of 500 teachers was promised a plot in Shakhtara area of the district by the previous government, but we are yet to be allotted the land.”

“We urge the caretaker government to demark the plots in the district and distribute them to all,” he added.

Enayatulla, a teacher of a girls’ school, told Pajhwok: “Hundreds of teachers in Alingar district have documents given by the former government and now they want the caretaker government to provide them with the lands.”

He said they had shared the issue with the Education Department and the governor’s house but no action was taken in this regard.

Qari Zahidullah Fateh, administrative chief of Alingar district, told Pajhwok: “We have repeatedly urged the provincial Education Department to give teachers their plots and would ask them once again.”

Maulvi Shah Jahan Sajid, director of education, said: “We have shared the issue with the governor’s house, I assure all those teachers who have documents would be allotted the plots.”

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