CHITRAL: Over 14 people, including six children, are reported dead as an avalanche buried scores of houses in the Shershal village of Karimabad valley on Saturday night. Chitral Scouts Commandant Col Nizamuddin Shah told media that bodies of the 14 people had been recovered. At least 25 houses have been buried under the avalanche and […]
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In Chitral town on Saturday evening.–Sher Zamin[/caption] As a result, all major and small roads in Chitral are blocked while in many areas there was no water supply and electricity. Late in the night on Saturday, the police said the road from Drosh to Chitral was cleared of snow. There were reports of avalanches hitting two
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بالائی چترال کے یارخون لشٹ ، بروغل اور گرمچشمہ بگوشٹ میں 40انچ لا سپور تور کہو ، موڑکہو میں 28انچ چترال شہر میں 8انچ کالاش ویلی بمبوریت میں 36انچ برف پڑی ہے ۔ موڑکہو کے مقام گہت میں 10خاندان برف کے تودے گرنے کے خطرے کے پیش نظر محفوظ مقامات کی طرف نقل مکانی کی
Chargheri in Bang by Rehmat Wali Khan[/caption] “I have never seen such a heavy snowfall in our area in my whole life. Our elders used to tell us that in their childhood sometimes there was such a heavy snowfall that in the morning they could not step out of their house as there would be
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may be recalled that as the Kosht bridge was also swept away twice, Muzhgol bridge worked as the only source for linking the whole area of the tehsil. However, as work on the reconstruction of the Kosht bridge is still incomplete, this bridge at Muzhgol could not withstand the load of traffic and has now
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