{"id":276868,"date":"2022-08-12T14:09:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T09:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=276868"},"modified":"2022-08-12T14:09:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T09:09:49","slug":"floods-sweep-away-bridge-in-upper-kohistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/floods-sweep-away-bridge-in-upper-kohistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Floods sweep away bridge in Upper Kohistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A temporary bailey bridge installed over the Uchar nullah stream near the Karakoram Highway in Upper Kohistan\u2019s Dasu area was swept away by flash floods triggered by torrential rainfall on Friday, disconnecting Gilgit-Baltistan from the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge was located near the residential camps of the 4,500 megawatt Dasu Hydropower Project.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman also confirmed the development, saying that the \u201ccompact bridge had been washed off in the flood surge\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKarakoram Highway is blocked both sides right now. No buses are allowed for now on Babusar road. All deputy commissioners of the area need to remain vigilant. The bridge was not resilient,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>Dasu Assistant Commissioner (AC) Hafiz Muhammad Waqar said that the bailey bridge had been temporarily installed last week after the RCC bridge over the nullah had been washed away by floods.<\/p>\n<p>He also feared that if a steel bridge was installed in the area again, that too would be washed away in the upcoming spell of rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a house was demolished by a landslide near in Shangla\u2019s Alpuri area late on Thursday night. Fortunately, no human loss was reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A temporary bailey bridge installed over the Uchar nullah stream near the Karakoram Highway in Upper Kohistan\u2019s Dasu area was swept away by flash floods triggered by torrential rainfall on Friday, disconnecting Gilgit-Baltistan from the rest of the country. 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