Army evacuates 22 tourists stranded in Kumrat Valley

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Army has rescued tourists who were stranded in Kumrat Valley in the Upper Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a statement regarding families who had gone from Islamabad and were stuck in Kumrat due to sudden flash floods. It said contact was established by troops on the directives of Corps Commander Peshawar to locate the stranded visitors.

Pakistan Army troops have evacuated 22 people through helicopter. It added that some families went on hills and couldn’t be evacuated due to bad weather.

However, the army troops are maintaining contact with them and those famines have been shifted to safer places around those mountain tops.

It added those people are safe and will be evacuated by army aviation helicopters when weather permits. It said a ground force is ready from Khawezakhela for evacuation. The army has advised people from traveling towards Swat and surrounding areas due to flash floods.

It was earlier reported that around 30 tourists including children and women were trapped in flood-hit tourist area of Kumrat valley. The tourists belonging to Punjab were facing a shortage of food while children were falling sick due to extreme cold.

The road to the area has been flooded in different places and tourists could not be evacuated from the valley for the last two days. The stranded tourists appealed to the federal and provincial governments for help.

KP Additional Chief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah said that food and tents have been provided to the students who are stranded. He added that the students will be evacuated safely as soon as the weather gets better.

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