PESHAWAR: The district administrations have closed dozens of local chairlifts in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the Battagram chairlift accident.
The local chairlifts were being run in Swat, Shangla, Buner, Dir Lower, Dir Upper, Chitral, Haripur, Abbottabad and Mansehra districts.
Hundreds of buckets are operated with cable wires or ropes to access other areas in Battagram, Kohistan Upper, Lower, and Koli Palis. The deputy commissioners have been instructed to inspect local chairlifts/dollies in all districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the official news agency reported.
There were also reports from all the districts that the closure of chairlifts was causing problems for the people of the areas with many complaining that they are facing food shortages.
Local dollies are used to access other villages, schools and markets in mountainous areas and mostly children are unable to go to school due to the closure.
The people of the areas have demanded immediate rehabilitation of the chairlifts and asked the administrations to provide them alternatives instead of closing all such facilities.
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