PESHAWAR
Special Assistant to KP CM on Information and Public Relations, Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif has said that in wake of continuous rain and snowfall, all concerned authorities have been put on alert in the province. In a statement issued here on Saturday, the Special Assistant said that due to heavy snowfall all roads at Galiyat have been closed as the area has so far received 6 feet of snow. He said that 75000 stranded vehicles have been rescued.
He said that hotels have been directed to not check tourists out till opening of the roads while those stranded inside their vehicles are being shifted to hotels and other safe places.
The Special Assistant said that the staff of Rescue 1122 and Galiyat Development Authority (GDA) were in the field along with heavy machinery to open roads for traffic while tourists stranded near Murree near Galiyat were being rescued. He said that the Control Room of the PDMA is operationalized 24/7 and is in contact with all districts of the province.
