Murree tragedy: Several die after being stranded in heavy snowfall

Heartbreaking and mind boggling tragic scenes are coming from Murree and Pakistan’s Interior Minister has confirmed that 19 people have died due to being stuck in a traffic jam for several hours in heavy snowfall in Murree. In a video, a whole family stuck in this car unfortunately couldn’t survive:-

80,000+ vehicles entered Murree against 4,000 parking capacity in a recent Snowfall.

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Heavy snowfall has disrupted routine life in northern areas with thousands of tourists stranded in Murree and Galiyat region. Pakistan Army is now called for rescue as 19 tourists including families lost their lives after getting stuck in roadblocks with overnight snowfall.

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed’s official statement on Murree tragedy

Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Saturday said the federal government had deployed personnel of Pakistan Army and other civil armed forces as around 16 – 19 people died in their vehicles in Murree due to heavy snowfall. In a video message, the minister said five platoons of the Pakistan Army had been called in for rescue operation, while Rangers and Frontier Corps would be deployed on an emergency basis.

He said the administration and police of Rawalpindi and Islamabad had continued their rescue operation in the area.

Sheikh Rasheed said, “As many as 1,000 vehicles have been stuck since night while some have been evacuated. The locals provided food and blankets to the stranded people.”

He said only those vehicles would be allowed, shifting blankets and food for the stranded tourists or in any emergency like situation. He said that the government has to close the road from Islamabad to Murree. “Islamabad and Rawalpindi’s commissioners, deputy commissioners and police are carrying out rescue works in an organized manner”, he informed.

The minister said the administration had continued rescue operations the whole night to rescue the maximum number of people. He expressed the hope that the authorities would evacuate 1,000 vehicles by today evening, while the roads would remain closed to Murree till tomorrow 9 pm. “We have also decided to ban tourists who are planning to move to Murree by walk as this is not the time to come to Murree.”

He said this was for the first time that a large number of tourists rushed to Murree that resulted heavy traffic jams. “Keeping in view the situation, we have to stop allowing further tourists moving to Murree”, he said.

Also See:- Tourists entry in Galyat banned due to heavy snowfall

Extremely sad to see the loss of lives in Murree. People should refrain from going out in this unpleasant weather, especially to mountainous areas. Hope the government and army complete the rescue operation swiftly to evacuate the stranded tourists and visitors are advised to comply with the authorities instructions.

Devastating scenes from Murree

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