ISLAMABAD: Several tourists, who were stranded in Murree due to a snowstorm, have been killed due to lack of oxygen.
The videos that have been surfacing online on social media, show vehicles being trapped in the snow due to snowfall in Murree, while in many videos people were seen dead in the car. As per reports, 19 people have died in the car.
It should be noted that according to the district administration Rawalpindi, more than 27,000 vehicles have entered Murree so far and more vehicles are waiting to enter Murree. More tourists will not be allowed to enter Murree.
انتہائی افسوسناک خبر مری کلڈنہ کے پاس رات سے شدید برفباری میں پھنسے 16 افراد کے مرنے کی اطلاع ذرائع کے مطابق ایک گاڑی میں ایک ہی خاندان کے8 افراد بھی اللہ کو پیارے ہوگئے ہیں جو صورتحال چل رہی ہے اسے مزید ہلاکتوں کا بھی اندیشہ ہے
اللہ پاک پھنسے ہوئے لوگوں پر رحم فرمائے ۔ pic.twitter.com/pCIho1QPvW— Shoaib Abbasi ???? (@Ab_bbc) January 8, 2022
Message from DSP Traffic Police #Murree #Snowfall pic.twitter.com/OVnSe5N2zX
— Ahsan_11 (@AAhsan11) January 7, 2022
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Scenes from PC Bhurbhan #Snowfall pic.twitter.com/nCWgbVA3wd
— PakistanTours (@Paktourntravel) January 5, 2022
#Snowfall in Nathia Galli the Winter Wonderland pic.twitter.com/hfcpAKp5G8
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In this regard, Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad wrote that only in case of extreme emergency, the citizens will be allowed to travel to Murreeaand Galyat. The interior minister said that the decision was taken to provide convenience to the tourists returning from Murree and Galya.
The Rawalpindi administration has declared an emergency to help the tourists stranded in Murree and has made the Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner’s Office a control room. Citizens can get information of their loved ones trapped in the snow from these numbers. 0519292963 and 03005540819
