ISLAMABAD: At least 10 individuals of a nomadic tribe had been killed and 25 injured when an avalanche hit the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan on Saturday, police stated.
According to the police, 10 individuals, together with three ladies had been killed in the calamity in the Shunter Top space of Astore district in the mountainous region.
“Rescue work was launched with the assistance of locals and later the Pakistan Army troopers additionally joined the operation,” the police stated.
As many as 25 individuals of Gujjar household had been travelling together with their cattle from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to Astore after they had been hit by the avalanche, Dawn News quoted rescue officers as saying.
The injured individuals had been taken to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Astore, the place the situation of 12 was important.
Earlier, Deputy Inspector General of Police for the Diamer-Astore Division, Tufail Mir, stated rescue groups had been going through challenges in reaching the affected space as a consequence of its distant location and tough terrain.
Force Command Northern Areas, a army formation of the Pakistan Army, supplied helicopter service, aid objects and paramedical workers to help with the rescue operation, however they might not be flown “to the positioning as a consequence of dangerous climate circumstances”.
The district administration is intently monitoring the rescue operation whereas an emergency had been imposed in DHQ Hospital Astore and Combined Military Hospital Skardu, the official stated.
Chief Secretary Mohiuddin Wani confirmed the mishap and stated rescue groups had been working in the affected space.
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan expressed deep sorrow over the lack of lives and instructed native authorities to provoke rescue operations.
He referred to as upon the secretary inside, director basic of GBDMA (Gilgit Baltistan Disaster Management (*10*)) and different officers to look into the incident instantly.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a tweet expressed deep sorrow over the lack of treasured lives in the avalanche, including that such incidents had been growing in Pakistan as a result of results of local weather change.
“The entire world has to fulfil its duty to guard creating international locations like Pakistan from these dangerous results,” he stated.
Five out of 14 world peaks above the peak of 8,000 metres are situated in the region. In addition to this, Gilgit-Baltistan has over 7,000 glaciers and sometimes witnesses avalanches, landslides, and glacial lake outbursts.
In a tragic incident in 2012, at the very least 129 Pakistan Army troopers and 11 civilians misplaced their lives when an enormous avalanche hit their camp in the Gayari space, some 300 kilometres northeast of Skardu district.
According to the police, 10 individuals, together with three ladies had been killed in the calamity in the Shunter Top space of Astore district in the mountainous region.
“Rescue work was launched with the assistance of locals and later the Pakistan Army troopers additionally joined the operation,” the police stated.
As many as 25 individuals of Gujjar household had been travelling together with their cattle from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to Astore after they had been hit by the avalanche, Dawn News quoted rescue officers as saying.
The injured individuals had been taken to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Astore, the place the situation of 12 was important.
Earlier, Deputy Inspector General of Police for the Diamer-Astore Division, Tufail Mir, stated rescue groups had been going through challenges in reaching the affected space as a consequence of its distant location and tough terrain.
Force Command Northern Areas, a army formation of the Pakistan Army, supplied helicopter service, aid objects and paramedical workers to help with the rescue operation, however they might not be flown “to the positioning as a consequence of dangerous climate circumstances”.
The district administration is intently monitoring the rescue operation whereas an emergency had been imposed in DHQ Hospital Astore and Combined Military Hospital Skardu, the official stated.
Chief Secretary Mohiuddin Wani confirmed the mishap and stated rescue groups had been working in the affected space.
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan expressed deep sorrow over the lack of lives and instructed native authorities to provoke rescue operations.
He referred to as upon the secretary inside, director basic of GBDMA (Gilgit Baltistan Disaster Management (*10*)) and different officers to look into the incident instantly.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a tweet expressed deep sorrow over the lack of treasured lives in the avalanche, including that such incidents had been growing in Pakistan as a result of results of local weather change.
“The entire world has to fulfil its duty to guard creating international locations like Pakistan from these dangerous results,” he stated.
Five out of 14 world peaks above the peak of 8,000 metres are situated in the region. In addition to this, Gilgit-Baltistan has over 7,000 glaciers and sometimes witnesses avalanches, landslides, and glacial lake outbursts.
In a tragic incident in 2012, at the very least 129 Pakistan Army troopers and 11 civilians misplaced their lives when an enormous avalanche hit their camp in the Gayari space, some 300 kilometres northeast of Skardu district.
