MANSEHRA: The police were facing difficulties in managing
traffic in Mansehra as a large number of tourists flocked to the hill station during Eidul Fitr holidays.
The roads remained clogged with
traffic while the police could **t manage to keep the
flow of
traffic due to the entry of large number of vehicles and landsliding at various places in Kaghan.
“We were ready to cope with a difficult situation as we were expecting a record number of tourists to
Kaghan valley but over 100,000 vehicles had entered into Mansehra on the third day of Eid,” Jamal Zeb, the
traffic in-charge, told reporters on Tuesday. Tourists continue to visit the scenic
Kaghan valley and other tourist resorts in the district which lead to
traffic jams for several hours on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) from Abbottabad to Mansehra and Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road.
The official said though the
traffic police tried to keep the
flow of
traffic on the KKH, the frequent landslide in Balakot-Naran section of Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road disturbed the traffic.Naeem Khan, a tourist from Lahore, told reporters that he and his family enjoyed scenic
Kaghan valley but road leading to the
valley from Balakot was in dilapidated condition.
Salma Sarfaraz, a woman tourist hailing from Rawalpindi, said that she was impressed by the natural beauty of
Kaghan valley but added that the road condition was a discouragement.“There was a massive rush in Naran and
traffic at Naran-Saiful Muluk road remained blocked most of time but even then we enjoyed visiting the valley,” she said.
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