11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort – The Hindu
11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort
11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort
A cable car lift set up illegally by villagers at a popular Pakistani mountain resort broke and plunged into a ravine killing at least eleven people and injuring three others, officials said on Thursday.
The accident occurred some thirty km north of Islamabad inbetween Banwari and Charra Pani village in the tourist hill resort of Murree.
“There was a strong wind which led to the cable car violating and falling,” an eyewitness, Omair, was quoted as telling by Geo News.
According to rescuers, the ‘doli’ cable car lift was being used for transportation inbetween Sharafani in Punjab and Banwari in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The lift was the only source of transportation inbetween the two hilly areas as there are no roads connecting the two, they said.
Local people had reportedly set up the cable car service on a self-help basis without approval from the worried departments, rescue officials said.
The injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, rescue officials said, adding that the eleven deceased had died on the spot. The figures of the victims have been passed over to their families.
The chances of survival of the three injured are slender, as the car fell to the ground from a height of four hundred feet, the officials said.
When asked if the cable car was being used for commercial purposes, Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Talat Mehmood Gondal said the incident took place in Abbottabad district which is part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial government would be able to reaction this question.
“We received a call of the accident taking place and Rescue one thousand one hundred twenty two along with District Rawalpindi instantaneously mobilised and the rescue operation was ended at the earliest,” Mr. Gondal added.
A spokesperson for the Galiyat Development Authority said the main chairlift in Ayubia had not been affected and is being operated as per routine.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif voiced trouble over the loss of precious lives in the chairlift incident at Charra Pani and directed worried authorities for instantaneous medical aid to the injured, the report said.
Families of the victims blamed the ‘substandard cable car’ operators and the government for the tragedy and blocked the main road in protest.
Murree is one of Pakistan’s most known mountain tourist resorts, popular with both local and foreign tourists.
Chairlift accidents are common in mountainous areas of the country, where the lifts are often used to cross rivers.
Four people drowned when a chairlift broke in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan last month.
11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort – The Hindu
11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort
11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort
A cable car lift set up illegally by villagers at a popular Pakistani mountain resort broke and plunged into a ravine killing at least eleven people and injuring three others, officials said on Thursday.
The accident occurred some thirty km north of Islamabad inbetween Banwari and Charra Pani village in the tourist hill resort of Murree.
“There was a strong wind which led to the cable car cracking and falling,” an eyewitness, Omair, was quoted as telling by Geo News.
According to rescuers, the ‘doli’ cable car lift was being used for transportation inbetween Sharafani in Punjab and Banwari in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The lift was the only source of transportation inbetween the two hilly areas as there are no roads connecting the two, they said.
Local people had reportedly set up the cable car service on a self-help basis without approval from the worried departments, rescue officials said.
The injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, rescue officials said, adding that the eleven deceased had died on the spot. The bods of the victims have been transferred over to their families.
The chances of survival of the three injured are slender, as the car fell to the ground from a height of four hundred feet, the officials said.
When asked if the cable car was being used for commercial purposes, Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Talat Mehmood Gondal said the incident took place in Abbottabad district which is part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial government would be able to response this question.
“We received a call of the accident taking place and Rescue one thousand one hundred twenty two along with District Rawalpindi instantly mobilised and the rescue operation was ended at the earliest,” Mr. Gondal added.
A spokesperson for the Galiyat Development Authority said the main chairlift in Ayubia had not been affected and is being operated as per routine.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif voiced distress over the loss of precious lives in the chairlift incident at Charra Pani and directed worried authorities for instantaneous medical aid to the injured, the report said.
Families of the victims blamed the ‘substandard cable car’ operators and the government for the tragedy and blocked the main road in protest.
Murree is one of Pakistan’s most known mountain tourist resorts, popular with both local and foreign tourists.
Chairlift accidents are common in mountainous areas of the country, where the lifts are often used to cross rivers.
Four people drowned when a chairlift broke in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan last month.
11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort – The Hindu
11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort
11 killed as cable car lift falls near Pakistan’s mountain resort
A cable car lift set up illegally by villagers at a popular Pakistani mountain resort broke and plunged into a ravine killing at least eleven people and injuring three others, officials said on Thursday.
The accident occurred some thirty km north of Islamabad inbetween Banwari and Charra Pani village in the tourist hill resort of Murree.
“There was a strong wind which led to the cable car violating and falling,” an eyewitness, Omair, was quoted as telling by Geo News.
According to rescuers, the ‘doli’ cable car lift was being used for transportation inbetween Sharafani in Punjab and Banwari in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The lift was the only source of transportation inbetween the two hilly areas as there are no roads connecting the two, they said.
Local people had reportedly set up the cable car service on a self-help basis without approval from the worried departments, rescue officials said.
The injured were taken to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, rescue officials said, adding that the eleven deceased had died on the spot. The bods of the victims have been transferred over to their families.
The chances of survival of the three injured are slender, as the car fell to the ground from a height of four hundred feet, the officials said.
When asked if the cable car was being used for commercial purposes, Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Talat Mehmood Gondal said the incident took place in Abbottabad district which is part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial government would be able to reaction this question.
“We received a call of the accident taking place and Rescue one thousand one hundred twenty two along with District Rawalpindi instantly mobilised and the rescue operation was ended at the earliest,” Mr. Gondal added.
A spokesperson for the Galiyat Development Authority said the main chairlift in Ayubia had not been affected and is being operated as per routine.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif voiced trouble over the loss of precious lives in the chairlift incident at Charra Pani and directed worried authorities for instantaneous medical aid to the injured, the report said.
Families of the victims blamed the ‘substandard cable car’ operators and the government for the tragedy and blocked the main road in protest.
Murree is one of Pakistan’s most known mountain tourist resorts, popular with both local and foreign tourists.
Chairlift accidents are common in mountainous areas of the country, where the lifts are often used to cross rivers.
Four people drowned when a chairlift broke in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan last month.