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PoK: Flash floods, mudslides block Karakoram Highway at various points in Gilgit-Baltistan

Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy downpours on Sunday blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) at various points in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)'s Gilgit-Baltistan, Dawn reported.

ANI Jul 31, 2023 08:29 IST googleads

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Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], July 31 (ANI): Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy downpours on Sunday blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) at various points in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)'s Gilgit-Baltistan, Dawn reported.
Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper.
Diamer Deputy Commissioner (DC) Captain (Rtd) Arif Ahmad told Dawn that the KKH was blocked near Goharabad village’s Gandalo area. He added that it was blocked at nine different points within a 1.5-kilometre stretch.
He further said that two cars were damaged after coming in contact with mudslides. However, the passengers in them remained safe and the cars were pulled out of the mudslides.
DC Ahmad stated that over 50 houses had been damaged in the district due to the rain-triggered floods in the past eight days while around 250 kilometres of linked roads and nine vehicles had been damaged, increasing the locals’ misery.
DC Ahmad urged tourists and commuters to avoid unnecessary travel via the KKH these days as landslide and mudslides incidents are occurring there on a daily basis.
The National Highway Authority Deputy Director Ghulam Abbas told Dawn that efforts to clear the KKH were underway.
A local resident from Diamer’s Tangir tehsil, Muhammad Hafeez Tangiri, said his village has been devastated by the floods, damaging suspension bridges and main and linked roads there.
He further said that a day ago, the local community gathered in the Phapat village to demand that the government protect their village from being hit by any further floods as it had been affected for a long time — almost every year during the monsoon season, according to Dawn.
Meanwhile, Hunza DC Ghazanfar Ali said that roads heading to the Misgar and Shimshal villages were blocked as well due to heavy rains last night.
He added that machinery was being used to clear the Misgar Road while the district’s works department was mobilising machinery on the Shimshal Road.
The Hunza DC requested commuters to avoid travelling on the said roads till the completion of the clearance operation, as per Dawn. (ANI)

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