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6 battalions working round the clock to restore road links: DG ISPR
Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj. General Shaukat Sultan on Saturday said that at least 6 battalions of Pakistan army are busy round the clock to restore the roads network in quake-affected areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP. Relief goods are transported through vehicles to the areas where roads have been opened and then are shifted to inaccessible areas by the army jawans on animals, the DG ISPR told a private television channel. He said the people staying over high mountains’ tops are being requested to come down to the areas accessible through road for the time being. To a question he said, there is sufficient stock of food commodities and medicines in the affected areas, however tents and blankets are still needed in large number. “Our target is to provide shelter to all and sundry in the affected areas in next two weeks before the advent of winter,” he said. While denying the impression that roads in the affected areas would be blocked by snowfalls in next few days he said, only the branch ways situated at the altitude of 7,000 feet and above are usually blocked during the snowfall. The main roads in Neelum, Jhelum and Kaghan valleys remain functional throughout the year, he said, adding that such predictions should be avoided which may result in creating unnecessary panic and alarm.