Sunday, April 17, 2016

Danyore area



Danyore  is a village in the namesake Tehsil in the district Gilgit lies across the river Gilgit in the outskirts of the regional Capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. Danyor is famous for its lush green fields, and poplar trees. The world's highest paved road KKH passes through the beautiful landscape of the village .the important places in Danyore are The Shrine of Shah Sultan Alif above the Danyore tunnel,[2] the Chinese Graveyard near the Karakoram Highway and the rock inscriptions in the Chikas locality are the widely visited tourist attractions. 
The Danyor Suspension Bridge, which was constructed over a half century ago, is quite a wonder; it connects the KIU Campus to the village. The Danyor end of the bridge enters a tunnel constructed by locals without any proper civil engineering equipments some 5 decades ago one of the important and historical things in danyore is Danyore Suspension Bridge.

The Danyore Suspension Bridge is in Gilgit-Baltistan and is one of the oldest make shift suspension bridges in the region. The bridge connects Danyor to the premises of the Karakoram University across the River Hunza. Currently the bridge is closed for vehicles and only pedestrians are allowed to pass through. There has been constructed a two way concrete bridge beside it, that is being used as an alternative which was completed in 2013.
Before the construction of the suspension bridge of Danyor there used to be a boat which is locally called Jaalo (a traditional raft for the passage crossing rivers and lakes) was used to cross the Hunza River. The bridge was constructed in mid-sixties. The Danyore side of the bridge is connected to a tunnel that was dug by the then residents of Danyore without any engineering tools and equipments almost a decade later.

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