On the road leading to Hayber Pahtunhva, children walk with large plastic bags floating above their heads.
What might look like large balloons are actually gas canisters.
In this locality in northern Pakistan, the inhabitants have no choice but to risk their lives to supply their homes with this energy, for lack of infrastructure.
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Each bag, which costs $0.25 each, corresponds to approximately two hours of consumption.
“We use this gas with a pump connected to the stove, but it is very dangerous.
After all, these bags are right next to the fire while they are cooking,” says Hazrat Canan, one of the townspeople, pointing out that there have been many accidents in the past.
“Even though we have natural gas, we cannot use it safely.
There was an explosion in a house, one person died.
A mother and her daughter were burned,” he adds, calling on governments to provide them with real natural gas infrastructure.