Roads to Babusar Top, Chilas suspended after heavy snowfall

CHILAS: After continuous and heavy lashing of rain and snow since yesterday in the region, the ways leading into Chilas and Gilgit via Babusar Top-Naran Highway have been rendered blockaded, ARY News reported on Monday.

The swathes of Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recieve heavy rain and snow that has continued since yesterday amid which the temperature of the region has dropped to freezing levels.

Draped in white sheets of snow, the mountains of Gilgit region have evidently begun signifying the advent of winters.

Areas of Batogah Top, Fairy Meadows, Nanga Parbat have been receiving sporadic snowfall.

Snowfall, heavy rain in Chilas region renders entry to Gilgit blockaded

With heavy rains and snowfall in the region spanning over Chilas, Diamer and across large parts of Gilgil Baltistan, the entryways into the province have been blockaded while tourists told to avoid traveling here.

The district authorities have stopped the cars approaching the region as the Babusar Naran National Highway is not to be traveled over, due to obstacles following the downpour.

The rains have been lashing the entire region, the district authorities have said, as they stop cars, going there, at the Zero Point.