Govt decides to close all roads leading to Muree, Galyat: Sheikh Rashid

Murree: Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid has said that the government has decided to close all the roads leading to Murree due to the overcrowded tourists in Malika-i-Kohsar, the Queen of the Hills.

The minister said that the decision to close the roads was taken due to overcrowded tourists in Murree. “Tourists will be brought back from the route to muree,” he added. 

He further said that due to the increasing public crowd, the flow of traffic towards Murree was extremely slow and appealed to tourists, especially families, to refrain from traveling to Murree and Galyat for the time being.

Admin halts tourists as Galyat become overcrowded

Meanwhile, Galyat administration has urged the tourists to avoid entering the region as Murree, Ayubia, and other galis have become overcrowded.

Galyat Development Authority (GDA) Spokesperson Ahsan Hameed in an official statement said on Friday that Galyat has a large number of tourists, so do not travel further.

While Abbottabad Galyat Development Authority Director General Raza Habib talked to the media said Galyat region has a capacity of only 20,000 tourists.

But, around one lakh tourists has entered in Galyat region so there are all hotels are booked and no more room available, he confirmed.

The GDA spokesman has said in a statement that tourists in Galyat should take precautionary measures as a road is closed due to a landslide in Kandla.

Ahsan Hameed said due to heavy snowfall, it is not possible to clear the road immediately as well as wrong parking on the side of the road is also a major reason for road clearance.

He warned the tourists to avoid travelling between Tauhidabad and Donga Gali.