{"id":98633,"date":"2024-08-20T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=98633"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T06:30:05","slug":"kkh-blocked-at-multiple-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kkh-blocked-at-multiple-locations.html","title":{"rendered":"Flash Flooding: KKH blocked at multiple points from Gilgit to Khunjerab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gilgit: The Karakoram Highway was blocked at multiple points due to mudslides on Sunday, August 18, after severe flash floods significantly disrupted Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), as reported on August 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karakoram-highways-thakot-raikot-approval.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KKH\u2019s Thakot-Raikot section in queue for ECNEC\u2019s approval<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the news details, the KKH, a vital corridor linking Gilgit to Khunjerab, is impassable due to mudslides affecting key areas such as Jaglot in Gilgit and Shishkat village in Hunza. Thousands of passengers, including both local and international tourists, have been stranded due to the road closures. In addition, the Gilgit-Shandur road has been blocked by floodwaters, and the Gilgit-Ghizer road has also suffered disruptions as local nullahs overflowed in the Ghizer district. This flooding has damaged over two dozen houses and partially affected three dozen more, with bridges, roads, water supply channels, and electricity systems also impacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/aleem-khan-brief-on-gilgit-package.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aleem Khan receives briefing on roads projects under \u2018Gilgit Package\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The floods have also affected other areas, including Aliabad, Haiderabad, Shigar, and Nagar. Despite the severity of the situation, there has been no official statement from the government regarding the full extent of the damage, and the Director General of the GB Disaster Management Authority has been unavailable for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilgit: The Karakoram Highway was blocked at multiple points due to mudslides on Sunday, August 18, after severe flash floods significantly disrupted Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), as reported on August 19. Read: KKH\u2019s Thakot-Raikot section in queue for ECNEC\u2019s approval According to the news details, the KKH, a vital corridor linking Gilgit to Khunjerab, is impassable due to mudslides affecting key areas such as Jaglot in Gilgit and Shishkat village in Hunza. Thousands of passengers, including both local and international tourists, have been stranded due to the road closures. In addition, the Gilgit-Shandur road has been blocked by floodwaters, and the Gilgit-Ghizer road has also suffered disruptions as local nullahs overflowed in the Ghizer district. This flooding has damaged over two dozen houses and partially affected three dozen more, with bridges, roads, water supply channels, and electricity systems also impacted. Read: Aleem Khan receives briefing on roads projects under \u2018Gilgit Package\u2019 The floods have also affected other areas, including Aliabad, Haiderabad, Shigar, and Nagar. Despite the severity of the situation, there has been no official statement from the government regarding the full extent of the damage, and the Director General of the GB Disaster Management Authority has been unavailable for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":80221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[59088,59090,19408,59086,59092,1962,59087,59089,56222,59091,54568],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-98633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-flash-flood","9":"tag-flood-news","10":"tag-gilgit-baltistan-2","11":"tag-gilgit-to-khunjerab","12":"tag-gilgit-weather-today","13":"tag-karakoram-highway","14":"tag-kkh","15":"tag-multiple-points","16":"tag-news-and-updates","17":"tag-weather-today","18":"tag-zameen-news","19":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KKH blocked at multiple locations - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Flash floods cause major disruptions on Karakoram Highway and other roads in Gilgit-Baltistan; 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