Children among eight struck as chairlift wire breaks mid-air in KP‘s Battagram.
On Tuesday, a chairlift cable broke, leaving eight people stranded in mid-air in the Allai Tehsil of Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Tahir Ayub, Deputy Inspector General of Police in Mansehra, confirmed the incident and stated that there is no other option but to rescue the stranded passengers via helicopter.
One of the chairlift passengers, Gulfaraz, stated that the first wire broke at 7 a.m., followed by another.
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Faisal Karim Kundi, the Pakistan Peoples Party leader, has requested immediate action from caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, interim Chief Minister KP Muhammad Azam Khan, and Information Minister Feroze Jamal.
Children among eight struck as chairlift wire breaks mid-air in KP’s Battagram, check the Tweet:
Helicopter needed on emergency basis to rescue students & teachers gets stuck midair in chairlift in Batgaram. Immediate action needed by PM @anwaar_kakar , CM KP. @FerozeJamal
— Faisal Karim Kundi (@fkkundi) August 22, 2023
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as KP or KPK, is a Pakistani province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is Pakistan’s fourth-largest province by land area and third-largest province by population.
It is located in the country’s northwestern region. It is bounded to the south by the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan, Punjab to the south-east, Gilgit-Baltistan to the north and north-east, Islamabad Capital Territory to the east, and Azad Kashmir to the north-east.
To the west, it shares an international border with Afghanistan. The landscape of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is diverse, with rugged mountain ranges, valleys, and plains surrounded by hills, undulating submontane areas, and dense agricultural farms.
