Ziarat receives season’s first snowfall

Quetta city receives heavy rainfall, bringing the mercury further down

QUETTA:

A severe cold wave has griped Quetta, Ziarat, Kalat and other parts of the Balochistan province after the recent snowfall and rainfall.

Ziarat, Kan Mehtarzai, Toba Kakari, Kalat and other mountainous parts of Balochistan received snowfall in the last two days, making the landscape picturesque.

However, Quetta city received heavy rainfall, bringing the mercury further down. Snowfall and rainfall compounded the problems of the masses.

Gas and power load-shedding also increased as the demand reached an all-time high in the chilly weather.

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In Ziarat, tourists from Quetta and other parts of the country thronged to witness the first snowfall of the winter season.

Tourists from Karachi and other cities also reached the valley to enjoy the snowfall while locals complained about the load-shedding of gas and power in the valley.

“We have been without gas and power for the past two days,” Yar Muhammad Kakar, a resident of the Kawas area of Ziarat, said, adding that roads had been blocked by snowfall and there was no electricity and gas.

Kakar said women and children were the worst sufferers in the chilly weather and most of the people were confined to their homes.

“Most of the people are ill because of the cold weather,” Yar Muhammad complained.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 7^th, 2024.