Seven dead as snow boulders fall in Chitral

CHITRAL: Seven died while at least eight others were injured when snow boulders fell at different spots in Chitral on Sunday.

In the first incident, one man died while two others were injured when a snow boulder fell on him in the morning, according to the police. 

Later in the day, a snow boulder fell on a car workshop on Lowari Top, said the police. Rescue workers recovered five bodies and rescued eight from under the snow. Efforts were under way to rescue the others.

According to Provincial Disaster Management Authority Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the injured were being shifted to hospitals in Dir and Peshawar. 

Moreover, snowfall in Lower Top has caused electricity wires to break. Subsequently, power supply was suspended to parts of the district.