Murree Incident: Public angry at govt for not taking action

While the entire nation was saddened by the deaths of people in the freezing cold and vehicles during the snowfall in Murree, a popular tourist destination of Pakistan, the public took the government by surprise for not taking precautionary measures.

As soon as it snows in Murree during winter, people from all over Pakistan come there for leisure. The recent winter snowfall in Murree started at the end of December last year and is still continuing. Due to the continuous snowfall in Murree, people from remote areas of Pakistan had also arrived there for sightseeing and Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry had said in his tweet on January 5, 2022, that one lakh vehicles had entered Murree.

The situation in Murree became tense after thousands of vehicles entered the area and heavy snowfall intensified, and on January 8, 2022, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said Murree was declared a disaster area and closed to traffic.

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مری میں ایک لاکھ کے قریب گاڑیاں داخل ہو چکی ہیں ہوٹلوں اور اقامت گاہوں کے کرائے کئ گنا اوپر چلے گئے ہیں سیاحت میں یہ اضافہ عام آدمی کی خوشحالی اور آمدنی میں اضافے کو ظاہر کرتا ہے اس سال سو بڑی کمپنیوں نے 929 ارب روپے منافع کمایا تمام بڑے میڈیا گروپس 33سے چالیس فیصد منافع میں ہیں

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 5, 2022

انتظامیہ سے تعاون کرنا انتہائ اہم ہے لوگ جو ایکسپریس وے پر ہیں ان سے درخواست ہے کہ آگے جانے کی ضد نہ کریں اور چند دنوں کیلئے اپنے پروگرام ملتوی رکھیں،

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 8, 2022

The Interior Minister also said that 16 to 19 people died due to snowfall in their own vehicles in the cold and due to lack of safety. Sheikh Rashid said a state of emergency has been declared in Murree and a large contingent of army, police and other civilian personnel had been sent to help.

مری میں برفباری اور ٹھنڈ کے باعث 16 سے 19 کے درمیان اموات ہوئیں، وزیر داخلہ شیخ رشید #SheikhRasheed #Pakistan #DawnNews #Snowfall #Murree pic.twitter.com/vuj786t2f0

— DawnNews (@Dawn_News) January 8, 2022

Due to heavy snowfall in Murree, lack of knowledge of the people and lack of precautionary measures by the administration, people criticized the government and the trend of ‘Murree and Snowfall’ came to the on top of the Twitter Trend Panel.

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While on social media, people blamed the tourists, the people blamed the local administration and the government for the tragic deaths and said that the administration should have asserted its responsibility in such circumstances.

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According to people, the administration did not stop the dying traffic beforehand and despite the deteriorating situation, the administration remained asleep.

Our shittyyy Administration is responsible for the death of families in murree/galiyat region.Were they sleeping?Could they not stop the traffic?Could they not provide resources to the ppl who were stuck?What a painful death for those who were stuck in their cars.#muree

— Maham 🇵🇰 (@mmahamm1) January 8, 2022

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