Authorities asked to open link roads

Rawalpindi commissioner issues directives to facilitate tourists

RAWALPINDI:

Rawalpindi Commissioner Noorul Amin Mengal on Monday directed the authorities concerned to utilise all available resources to remove snow and open link roads of Murree to facilitate the local population.

According to a district administration spokesman, the commissioner taking notice of the problems of the local population of Murree directed the authorities to clear all link roads within the shortest possible time to facilitate the tourists as well as the local population of the hill station.

The commissioner directed the administration and other departments to ensure transportation of essential items in snow-affected areas, he added.

On the directives of the commissioner, the assistant commissioner Murree was taking steps to accelerate the ongoing operation to clear all link roads. The commissioner would visit Murree on Tuesday (today) to review the road clearance operation.

The mobile Rescue-1122 teams were also conducting patrolling in different areas of Murree to provide relief to the tourists and local population in case of any difficulty, the spokesman said.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 25^th, 2022.