10 dead, 13 injured in rains, snow across K-P

At least 10 people have died and 13 others were injured in rains and snowfall related incidents in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), said a report issued by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Saturday.

Eight houses have also been damaged partially in heavy downpour.

On the directives of the Chief Minister K-P Mahmood Khan, district administration has started relief operations in their respective districts while relief assistance to the rains affected families of district Charsadda and Dir Upper has already been launched.

According to PDMA district administration and other departments are taking steps for the restoration of the closed roads in Galyat while the entry of vehicles has been banned completely.

Similarly, the authority has also denied the occurrence of any unpleasant incident with tourists in Galiyat.

It said that all those tourists, who were stranded in their vehicles have been shifted to hotels while entry of tourists from Murree to Galiyat has also been stopped.

The authority is in closed contact with the administrations of all districts and all concerned departments have been put on high alert.