Tourists died in Murree, how did the incident happen

Tourists died in Murree, how did the incident happen? The deaths of tourists in vehicles stuck on the roads during heavy snowfall in Pakistan's popular tourist destination of Murree have saddened people across the country.

Tourists died in Murree, how did the incident happen?

According to rescue officials in Murree, tourist vehicles were stuck in the snow on all sides but most of the deaths occurred at a place on Kaldana Road where tourists fell asleep in the vehicles due to heavy snowfall.

A spokesman for Rescue 1122 said most of the tourists were killed on Caldana Road, where 16 bodies were recovered from four vehicles.

According to Murree police, the bodies of four young tourists were found in a vehicle in Bariyan. However, it was not known that rescue officials and police were reporting the same incident separately.

Adeel Ahmed, a tourist from Islamabad who told that people were enjoying the snowfall but due to heavy snowfall, he and his friend decided to return.

He said that the road was slippery due to snow while many vehicles were slipping on the side.

Meanwhile, Islamabad police said that a police officer of Kohsar police station and his family were among the tourists killed in the car due to heavy snowfall in Murree.

Tourists died in Murree, how did the incident happen?

Islamabad police said on Saturday that ASI Naveed Iqbal along with his wife and children were died due to heavy snowfall on Kaldana Road in Murree last night.

 A spokesman for Rescue 1122 in Murree said rescue personnel and machinery were having difficulty reaching the site due to the snowfall.

It may be recalled that on Saturday morning, Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that 16 to 19 people were killed in vehicles due to road closures due to heavy snowfall in Murree.

Tourists died in Murree, how did the incident happen?

According to the Home Minister, a thousand vehicles are stranded on the dying routes while Pakistan Army, FC, Rangers, and infantry have also been called in to rescue the tourists.

The Punjab government has declared Murree a disaster area and opened government offices and rest houses for tourists stranded in vehicles.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif lamented the deaths in vehicles stuck in Murree and Galyaat and said that when the government knew that the citizens were trapped in this doomsday cold, they should be rescued and given safe-havens. Why not try to reach?

Tourists died in Murree, how did the incident happen?

"If tourists were going in such large numbers, why didn't the government find out?" Where did the administration sleep? Why weren't arrangements made in advance? '

Criticizing the government, the PPP chairman said that it would have been better if the government had informed the tourists about the serious situation.

Tourists died in Murree, how did the incident happen?

Tourists died in Murree, how did the incident happen?