At least sixteen humans died after heavy snow trapped them of their cars as tens of lots of traffic thronged Pakistan`s hill metropolis of Murree, the indoors minister stated Saturday.
The navy has been mobilized to clean roads and rescue humans nonetheless trapped.
Over 100,000 vehicles had entered the scenic metropolis of Murree within side the beyond few days to peer the surprisingly heavy snowfalls,
a police spokesman stated.
Inflicting an big site visitors jam on roads main in and out,
Murree, approximately 70 kilometers (forty five miles) northeast of Islamabad,
has lengthy been famous for day journeys from the capital.
The Punjab province leader minister’s workplace stated Murree have been declared a “catastrophe area” and advised humans to live away.
“At least sixteen to 19 humans died inside their vehicles.”
-Sheikh Rashid stated in a video message
