| Mansehra: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has been directed to clear snow from the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad Road before Eid-ul-Fitr to facilitate tourists, according to news published on March 2.
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Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Sardar Shahjehan Yousuf mentioned that the federal government wants to revive tourism in the Kaghan Valley and the said Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad Road should be cleared of landslides and snow. The premier’s aide disclosed that the said road links KP to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and has been blocked to traffic since November due to heavy snowfall, which is yet to be cleared.
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The SAPM stated that NHA has given the deadline of April to clear the road. However, the prime minister wants the authority to open the road a month; ahead of its schedule. It was also mentioned that the premier has directed the NHA to speed up the process of re-carpeting of Karakoram Highway, from Qalanderabad (Abbottabad) to Shinkari |
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