Kurram Agency power supply restored after 4 months

Updated at: 1429 PST, Sunday, December 07, 2008 PESHAWAR: Kurram Agency electricity supply has been restored after a lapse of four months. Kurram Agency tribal skirmishes, which continued for about two years, had taken the toll of 1600 dead and over 5000 wounded. All sorts of traffic and the supply of goods remained suspended due to the fighting, while the electricity supply was disconnected for 118 days due to the devastation of the transmission line. Tribal Area Electricity Supply Company said that electricity supply has been restored now, following the completion of two weeks of repair works at a cost of over Rs3 million.