RAWALPINDI, January 16: The tragedy of Murree occurred due to the negligence of the administration, reported the five-membered investigation committee on Sunday.
According to the sources, the committee formulated the findings into a draft and will present the report before Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar tomorrow (Monday).
The committee reviewed the statements of survivors and officers in Murree, recorded the statements of more than 30 officers of the administrative departments. The tourists described the night of January 7 and 8 as a horrific experience. As per the issued details, the tragedy occurred due to the negligence of the administration . The roads leading to Murree should have been closed after 3 days. The snow had fallen for five days on the routes while the government had closed the routes with a delay of 2 days.
At one place the snow clearing machine was available whole of the staff was not on duty. The Meteorological Department s warning was also ignored.
Earlier on January 9, following the direction of Punjab CM Buzdar, the four-membered investigation committee was formulated.
The convener of the committee will be Additional Chief Secretary Home Zafar Nasrullah while other members include Ali Sarfraz, Asad Gilani and Farooq Mazhar. The committee will decide the heads of government institutes and will also investigate why were the high alert warnings of Met department not followed by the government institutes.
The committee will probe into the matters pertaining to why no warning was issued on TV while no information was conveyed about the traffic over-flow to Muree. The Committee will investigate why no ban was imposed on entering Murree and why no precautionary measures against snow-storm were taken?
The initial report of the tragic incident that took place in Murree was presented to Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Sardar Usman Bazdar on Sunday.
According to details, it was mentioned in the report that during past four days, 162,000 vehicles entered Murree. -NNI
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