At least 250 people, including women and children, had been stranded in their vehicles in Dir since midnight on Sunday due to intense snowfall in the region. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The first snowfall of the new year in Gilgit-Baltistan and the upper Neelum Valley has turned the weather more chilly in the region.
However, the sky is clear in Murree and Galiyat despite an alert and forecast by PMDA and the meteorological department respectively. The first snow fall of the winter season has exacerbated the travel woes of public. The met office has forecast more snowfall and issued a travel advisory, asking local people and tourists to avoid travelling to the upper areas of G-B.
The first snowfall of
the new year lashed in Yasin Valley of Ghizer district, which turned the weather colder.
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