Passengers suffer as KKH remains closed

MANSEHRA: Hundreds of passengers suffered as the Karakoram Highway (KKH) and Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad Road, which was blocked at various points by heavy snowfall couldn’t be reopened to the traffic on Friday.

The district administration and the National Highway Authority (NHA) reopened the KKH at Chaterplain, but traffic was not allowed to ply the highway owing to dangerous curves in the limits of Battagram and Kohistan districts. The traffic remained suspended on the second consecutive day at Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad Road and a team of district administration and the NHA was busy in clearing its blocked portion.

The traffic on the Oghi-Battagram Road also remained suspended on the second day as heavy snow, which blocked the road, couldn’t be removed.Many link roads in Kaghan valley, Siran valley and Konsh valley remained blocked as the snow couldn’t be removed.

Meanwhile, the body of a man, who was buried alive under an avalanche in Khatta Tanawal area of Oghi, was found on Friday.Anwar Zeb, a resident of Shergar Union Council, had gone missing in Oghi on Thursday. He was visiting his relatives when he got trapped under the avalanche. The body was found after hectic efforts.Local people in Oghi said that the family of Anwar Zeb pulled out his body after hectic efforts.