Chairlift installed on River Indus to link Torghar with Shangla

MANSEHRA: People have installed a chairlift on River Indus to link Torghar with the neighbouring Shangla district.

“We have no road and concrete bridge at the Indus River to travel between Toghar and Shangla districts and this modern chairlift facility would make travel between two districts convenient,” Farmanullah Khan, the former tehsil member, told the inaugural ceremony held in Judbah, the district headquarters of Torghar.

People largely attended the ceremony and expressed their pleasure on the launching of the chairlift facility to cross the Indus River.

“This chairlift would link Judbah with the Kabulgram area of Shangla district as earlier people either used a suspension bridge or boats to travel between these districts,” Farmaullah said.

Speaking on the occasion, local SHO Abdul Ghafar Khan said that police could also use the chairlift facility to cross the river, which was earlier an uphill task.