Lowari Tunnel Snowfall Winter in Chitral

Lowari tunnel is closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall, The largest district Chitral is cut-off from the rest of the country, however, people can go to and from Chitral through Lowari Tunnel. The communication system has been badly affected and most of the link roads including Lowari tunnel is closed for all type of transportation because of heavy snowfall, he disclosed. Similarly, the roads were blocked in District Shangla due to heavy snowfall.The district administration has started removing snow from the roads resulting in clearing up of roads till Alpori, he informed. snow clearance process around the tunnel will remain continue. It may be mentioned here at as per Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP), the tunnel is opened twice a week.

The Lowari Tunnel was originally conceived in 1956 by the Government of Pakistan but there is no historical record to this claim. Recorded history shows that the Lowari Tunnel project idea was discussed in the National Assembly of Pakistan by the member from Chitral Attalique, Jafar Ali Shah, during 1972–1975. Work on the tunnel began on 8 September 1975, inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, but was stopped in 1976 on the pretext of lack of funds and other development priorities. Work on the tunnel did not restart until September 2005.

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