Daily Times

The mountain series of Galyat – known as Nathiagali, Thandiani, Changla Gali among various others – has received hailstorms converting the weather into chilly in the entire region, while more rain was intermittently continuing. The lower parts of the city were under the pressure of severity of rain due to which all roads and streets turned muddy and slippery on Tuesday.

The consecutive intermittent rain started a week ago; hailstorms on mountains have converted the lives of the residents into confinement at homes, following the same weather scenario and the complete lockdown because of coronavirus epidemic has compelled the suburbs to pass their moments of lives miserably.

The entire traders’ fraternity had locked down their respective shopping centers since the government order aired by the responsible authorities, instead, grocery shops, vegetables, were opened for each kind of customer in the city, but the hilly areas were complaining about the shortage of various daily use commodities.

Moreover, the speed of the cold wind was observed much fast in the area since morning despite raining and hail storms on hilly localities of the whole region. Meanwhile, the Northern area such as Kaghan and Narran were obviously facing hail storms and rain together since morning to this evening. The tourists were being observed confirmed in hotel rooms. The river Kunhar, Jhelum and Sindh were observed exempted from flood despite the severity of hail storms and raining too.

Thin traffic system was apparently examined on the Silk Route for the last seven days also. All the courts, government institutions, non-governmental organizations, and businesses were closed down, expressing a deserted look. In addition, the four-person gathering was restricted by the local administration by enforcing section 144 in the entire district, Abbottabad.