200 tourists stranded at Saiful Malook Lake evacuated: KDA

News Desk

Peshawar: The Kaghan Development Authority (KDA) on Monday said that around 200 tourists stranded at Saiful Malook Lake in Kaghan Valley following a heavy landslide were safely evacuated to Naran.

KDA spokesman Asas Shahzad said the tourists, who had reached the lake in 25 four-wheel jeeps, were stranded after a landslide blocked the route. Machinery was immediately moved to clear the debris and restore access, allowing the visitors to be shifted to Naran.

He added that five families in the mountainous Kandia Valley, facing the threat of a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), were also relocated to safer places.

The main artery connecting Saiful Malook Lake with Naran — the commercial hub of Kaghan Valley — had earlier been blocked by a landslide but has now been reopened for traffic, the spokesman said.