Rain-snowfall related incidents
Snowfall disrupt routine life in Tirah, Shalobar valleys of Khyber
PESHAWAR
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Sunday confirmed the death of 12 persons and 29 other injured in rain and snowfall related incidents all across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the details issued here by PDMA of various accidents due to rains and snowfall since December 3. PDMA reports said that at least 12 people were killed and 29 others injured in different accidents in Peshawar.
22 houses partially damaged, the PDMA report said. In Charsadda and Dir Upper, relief items were distributed to the families affected by the rains and snowfall while relief operations were carried out by the concerned district administration on the direction of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan, said the PDMA report.
District administration and concerned agencies are taking steps to rehabilitate the closed roads, said PDMA in the report Bagnotar was cleared from 23 km of Donga Gali, 13 km Donga Gali to Changa Gali cleared of snow and 8 km of Changa Gali Barriyan were also cleared by GDA officials.
PDMA is in close touch with all the districts, said DG PDMA. Relevant departments are on alert on the directive of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with District Administration, Rescue 1122 and GDA personnel are in the field with heavy machinery, said DG PDMA.
It is worth mentioning here that the PDMA had sent a letter to all the districts on January 1, last, in which it was forecasting rain and snowfall and giving instructions for precautionary measures, said DG PDMA. He said PDMA control room is active 24/7 and reports any untoward incident to our helpline 1700, said DG PDMA.
Meanwhile, incessant rain and long-anticipated snowfall in Tirah and Shalobar valleys of merged district Khyber badly disrupted routine life by confining locals into their houses, a correspondent said on Sunday.
According to KP Meteorological Department, the intermittent downpour started on Monday, January 3 continued till Sunday with 8 inches of snowfall recorded in district Khyber.
All the link roads have been closed due to heavy snow while traffic flow on main road has also been affected due to landslides and snow daubing. Dozens of people have reportedly been injured due to skidding off vehicles.
The routine life has been disturbed due to snowfall while attendance in public offices has also been shrunk. The power supply in different areas has been disrupted and Wapada officials were working to restore the electricity.
People in upper areas were confined to their homes while business activities were also affected. The shortage of food, medicines, and firewood was reported in the district. The locals appealed to the government and opulent segments of the society for providing necessary help in this need of hour.
