Islamabad: Pakistan’s popular tourist destination, Murree is hit by the worst human and natural catastrophe and the government has declared the hill station ‘calamity-hit’ after recording 22 deaths due to heavy snowfall.
According to the Meteorological Department of Pakistan (Met Office) this season, Murree has received record snowfall in 10 years.
Murree, located around 50 kilometres from Islamabad, is visited by thousands of tourists every year in late December and early January as the city receives snowfall during this period.
Thousands of tourists and their families from the plain areas of Punjab and Sindh and rest of the country make a beeline towards the city to enjoy the snowy season.
This year, however, it received heavy snowfall for the entire week disrupting all the efforts of the city’s civic agencies for facilitating the tourists.
As a result of the heavy traffic influx and snowfall, thousands of vehicles were stuck on roads and tourists were left stranded inside their cars.
Weather alert ignored
The Met Office on January 5 issued a weather alert forecasting heavy snowfall for the next couple of days in Murree.
The alert was, however, overlooked by the public as well as the government agencies resulting in 19 deaths and inconvenience to thousands of tourists and families that spent Friday night inside their cars en route to Murree.
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