Upper Chitral: After heavy rains, land connection with the country was cut off, many tourists were trapped

 Extreme levels of flood danger were announced in at least six places in the two districts of Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the Upper Chitral land route cut off and many tourists stranded. According to Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Shah Saud, relief activities have been started in the area. Difficulties in providing information, including rescue operations, are difficult at night and due to heavy rains. Talking to journalist Zubair Khan, Shah Saud said that the administration has not received any confirmed reports of glacier eruption so far. He said that according to initial estimates, heavy rains had lashed the mountains of Chitral and various places since 8 pm on Wednesday, as a result of which there were reports of flash floods at about three places in Upper Chitral. He said that if there is such a heavy rain on the mountains etc. in Chitral, then that rain usually takes the form of flood rails. According to Deputy Kashmir Upper Chitral, the RCC bridge, the only means of communication at Pani Ration Gol, has also been swept away, leaving Upper Chitral cut off from the rest of the country and Lower Chitral. According to the administration of both the districts of Chitral, no casualties have been reported so far but infrastructure has been damaged in several places. According to the information available so far, the cause of the flood relay in Lower Chitral was three major drains of Golan Gol, Marwa Gol and Burns Gol and some small drains where after heavy rains started at 8 pm, the water turned into flood rails. Had done According to Matiur Rehman, former Nazim of the Golan Gol Union Council, behind these three canals are glaciers in addition to large settlements and valleys, which have damaged some houses and affected the Golan Gol hydropower project once again. No electricity is being generated at this time. It should be noted that a few days ago, a power project was damaged due to the flood caused by the eruption of a glacier. Mati-ur-Rehman said that the road leading to Golan Gol valley has also been closed. Upper Chitral is still the worst affected district by these rains and floods. According to Mati-ur-Rehman, the water of Chitral River at Burns Gol in Lower Chitral is currently blocked due to flooding of the drain. He said that a large amount of debris was washed away in the flood relay due to which the flow of Chitral river has stopped and the river has taken the form of a dam behind Burns. There are two villages at the place where the flow of the river Chitral is stopped, but there are no settlements in the other areas. He said that the people of both the village councils are currently cut off from the ground and communication due to which no damage could be reported there. Shuja-ur-Rehman, medical technician of Chitral Resico 1122, said that he had returned from Upper Chitral yesterday. In the meantime, they have seen at least 60 to 70 small and large vehicles going to Upper Chitral. Upper Chitral was also very busy with tourists. According to Chitral Resico 1122, Upper Chitral has 15 or 16 small and large hotels, two large guest houses and a government rest house where an estimated 300 people can stay. All the hotels were full. According to Chitral Resico 1122, rescue teams have left for Upper Chitral but no situation has been reported by them yet. It may be mentioned that four houses were damaged due to landslide in Rambor area of ​​Kalash Valley yesterday.