Murree Heavy snowfall kills at least 16 excursionists, closes all roads to Murree, Govt process FC and Rangers
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According to Sheikh Rashid, a thousand vehicles are still stuck on the road to Murree and the help of FC, Rangers and Army help has been enlisted for the deliverance operations.
In a videotape statement, he said that so far 16 to 19 people have been verified dead who were trapped in their vehicles.
The Home Minister didn't give farther details about the victims but said that sweats were being made to void the remaining people stranded on the road. Snow exigency was declared in Murree by the Punjab government.
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Sheikh Rashid said that the roads leading to Murree from Islamabad and other areas have been closed and only vehicles carrying food and relief particulars are being allowed to enter.
The Home Minister expressed stopgap that by Saturday evening Murree and the vehicles and persons stuck in its path would be vacated but according to him the roads leading to Murree would remain unrestricted till 9 pm on Sunday.
According to Meteorological Department officers, further than four bases of snow has fallen in Murree so far and according to locals, utmost of the deaths passed in the area between Sindhi and Kaldona where dozens of vehicles were stuck in the snow on the way to Murree.
Status of relief conditioning
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In his tweet, Fawad Chaudhry wrote," According to Commissioner Murree, due to the inexhaustible sweats of the administration, the Murree Expressway has now been cleared and hundreds of vehicles have been diverted from Murree."
He further wrote that there are more problems in Barian and Guldana areas. Work is underway to amend the power outage and the situation continues to ameliorate.
On the other hand, according to ISPR, Pakistan Army masterminds have restarted Jhika Gali Gharial Road while they're presently busy in continuing Jhika Gali Guldana Road.
The Pakistani service says stranded excursionists are being handed temporary accommodation and food at Army Public School Guldana.
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According to ISPR, squad 111 has been transferred to open the way to Bhara Kahu and they're also delivering necessary food there.
It may be recalled that due to snow and rain in the sightseer destinations of the northern corridor of the country, the entry of excursionists in Galyat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was blazoned on Friday autumn and Murree will also be closed for excursionists in the evening. Was blazoned.
In his videotape communication, Sheikh Rashid said," Last night the administration of Rawalpindi and Islamabad tried their stylish and this trouble was going on till morning but so numerous people have come to Murree, Galyat and Barian that we've lost the last twelve hours.
Couldn't clear path from We've closed all the roads leading to Murree but there's a huge number of excursionists there.
Pertaining to the situation, Sheikh Rashid further said," Thus, we've decided that we're also seeking the help of the declared Civil Armed Forces so that the people can also be vacated."
Before, it was reported on the Twitter account of Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi that one thousand vehicles were still stuck in Murree while 23 thousand vehicles had been vacated.
DSP Murree said in his videotape communication that up to four bases of snow had fallen and dozens of trees had fallen on the road.
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The administration is saying that the ministry can work to some extent and we may face severe difficulties due to falling trees.
Police check posts have also been set up to help excursionists from entering Murree and Galyat.
Heavy snowfall in Galyat caused avalanches in at least two places on Friday, while three power poles also fell, making the road situation extremely dangerous.
Authorities are prompting excursionists not to turn to Murree.
According to officers, the decision was taken to grease the return of excursionists from Murree and Galyat and to bring the excursionists back safely from Murree and Galyat.
At the same time, the authorities have appealed to the people in Murree to cooperate with the business police and other authorities, not to situate inaptly, not to take selfies by parking vehicles on the road and to avoid making double lanes.
A government functionary in Murree told the BBC's Humaira Kanwal that a severe snowstorm had hit Murree last night.
He said that at present the situation of communication in Murree is also veritably bad.
According to the administration, at least vehicles have entered Murree and Galyat in four days. Thus, entry of excursionists in Galyat will be confined till Sunday.
On the other hand, there are reports of large number of excursionists arriving in Swat to watch the snowfall.
According to Galyat Development Authority spokesperson Ahsan Hameed, the snowfall on Friday was heavy.
According to him, Galyat has entered three bases of snow in just one day, while during the alternate spell, the snowfall for four days before Friday was a aggregate of two and a partial bases which has destroyed the life system.
He said that the snowfall was so severe that not only the road clearing work was affected but also three electricity poles at the gate from Tauhidabad had fallen and all three were from the main power line.
According to officers, WAPDA needs at least 24 hours to repair them.
The road connecting Abbottabad to Murree has been fully blocked, making the road impenetrable.
According to Murree police, not only that, but a large number of excursionists turned to Murree on Friday.
According to the police,the rainfall conditions aren't good at the moment and the road can not be cleared due to heavy snowfall as two bases of snow has fallen at this time.
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According to the police, the vehicles are slippery and numerous vehicles are situated on the road to which help is being handed, while there are fears of trees and power poles breaking.
And the guesthouses are full of excursionists, so in such a situation when the rainfall conditions aren't good and there's no place to stay, excursionists shouldn't turn to Murree at all.
According to Ahsan Hameed, there's no space in the hospices and guest houses of Galyat and all the hospices and guest houses are full.
He said that special backing was being handed to the excursionists who couldn't find a place at the moment or were stranded on the road as they were supposedly unsafe.
' Numerous times it seems that the day is dark'
Muhammad Abdul Hameed, a occupant of Islamabad, had started his trip beforehand in the morning to go to Galyat via Abbottabad.
He says that when he started his trip from Abbottabad to Galyat on Murree Road, there was a lot of business and the trip which should have been completed in one hour couldn't be completed in three hours.
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He said that with this heavy snowfall has fully blocked the road and vehicles are situated on the road, while" numerous times it sounded as if it was dark during the day".
According to him, numerous people were stranded on Murree Road till 3o'clock. After threeo'clock, the snow- clearing machine drove us and other vehicles at an ant's speed near Abbottabad.