Parun

Pârûn (پارون), also called Prasûn and Prasungul, is a small town and administrative center of Nuristan Province and its Parun District in Afghanistan.

The city of Parun has a population of 1,647. Tt has 1 district and a total land area of 350 Hectar. The total number of dwellings in Parun is 1,647.

Land Use

Paroon is an Urban Village in northeastern Afghanistan with only 350 hectares and 183 dwellings. Paroon is predominately forest land (54%) followed by agriculture (33%). Built-up land only accounts for 7% of total land use. But unlike many other cities, Paroon does not have any barren land and only 4 hectares of vacant plots.

Geography

Parun has 6 villages: Ishtewi, Pronz, Dewa, Kushteki, Tsutsum and Pashki. They are located over a distance of 20 km from north to south along the Parun River. Ishtewi, the upper village, lies at an altitude of 2,850 m above sea level, while Pashki, the lowest village, lies at 2,500 m above sea level .

Plans for a city

According to news published in 2007, the governor of Nuristan Province was planning to establish a city of about 20,000 people in Parun. This would make it "the first city in Nuristan." The report indicated that some construction had begun.

Prasun Banerjee

Prasun Banerjee (Bengali: প্রসূন ব্যানার্জি) is a retired international footballer and an Arjuna Award Winner (1979) from Kolkata, India. Younger brother of the legendary Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun had also captained the India national football team in international tournaments. Experts like Arun Ghosh, Pradip Kumar Banerjee consider the trio of Prasanta Banerjee, Prasun Banerjee and Parminder Singh as the best midfield of Indian Football team in modern era. He was included in the All Time Best-XI team of Mohun Bagan Club as a Central Defensive Midfielder. He was only the second Indian to play for Asian All-star XI. He also played two matches against Brazil for Asian All-star XI and played against Zico, Eder, Falcao, Socretes and others. He was included in the Limca book of record for representing India in 100 football matches.

In 2013, he won the bypoll to the Howrah Sadar parliamentary constituency on a Trinamool Congress ticket thus becoming the first professional footballer to be a Member of Parliament, India (Lok Sabha). He won the seat defeating his adversary, Left Front's Sridip Bhattacharya, by more than 27,000 votes. He was re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014.