Over 200 tourists stranded near Muzaffarabad due to snow

• Police said passengers would be shifted in other vehicles
• 30 vehicles of tourists were stuck as roads got slippery
• Machinery is not available at tourist destination

MUZAFFARABAD: At least 200 tourists were stranded in Pir Chinasi, a tourist destination, near Muzaffarabad on Thursday because of snow, Bol News reported.

Bol News quoting police sources as saying that about 30 vehicles of tourists were stuck as roads got slippery because of snowfall. Teams of police and Rescue 1122 have left from Muzaffarabad to rescue the tourists stranded in Pir Chinasi.

“In bad weather, vehicles in mountain terrains become inoperable near Pir Chinasi. Machinery is not available at the tourist destination, therefore the chained machinery has been dispatched,” said police.

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Rescue 1122 sources said the deputy commissioner, superintendent police and other civil officials had reached the site. Police said the passengers would be shifted in other vehicles to transport to a safe destination.

On October 26, President Dr Arif Alvi launched the commercial helicopter flight operations of Kashmir Air in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as part of an effort to promote tourism in the region.

The president, addressing the launching ceremony of Kashmir Air, at Bagh, had said the AJK was blessed with immense natural beauty and tourism potential, and the private sector should come forward to develop AJK’s tourism sector to realise its fullest potential.

Kashmir Air is a private company that is going to start commercial helicopter flights to AJK and northern areas of Pakistan for the transportation of tourists.