Islamabad: 4 youngsters of Mardan among 21 people died in Muree
Dawood Ahmed :
At least 21 tourists froze to death in Muree because of heavy snowfall and the worst traffic jam and in chilly weather. Federal Interior Minister, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed took to social media network Twitter and confirmed the death of 21 people in Muree. Thousands of tourists thronged towards the tourist point after heavy snowfall in the area.
Four people from Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa’s Mardan district were also among the dead. All four friends from Mardan and Takht Bhai went to Muree and lost their lives in heavy snowfall. The youngsters were stranded for two days and finally died inside their vehicle.
Over 1,000 vehicles were stranded because of traffic jam and snowfall in Marri, Sheikh Rasheed said. “Marri has received record snowfall”, Sheikh Rasheed said.
He said Rawalpindi and Islamabad administrations, along with police, had been working to rescue those stranded, while five platoons of the Pakistan Army, as well as Rangers and Frontier Corps, were called on an emergency basis.
Ahmed said that residents of Murree provided food and blankets to stranded tourists, adding that the administration had closed all routes to the hill station and was now allowing only vehicles planning to take food and blankets.
The federal government has launched a massive rescue operation Marri to support the tourists who are in desperate need of support. Pak Army, Rangers and Frontier Constabulary were moved in the area to support the tourists in the area.
