During Eid ul Azha, about 700,000 tourist vehicles flooded into the Kaghan Valley in the Mansehra area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, causing major traffic congestion.
According to police department estimates, the 700,000 automobiles that entered the valley during the Eid holidays surpassed the previous record of 500,000 vehicles set nearly five years earlier at the picturesque tourist attraction.
During the first four days of the Eid vacations, the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road remained congested.
“We have welcomed tourists in over 0.7 million vehicles to this magnificent valley,” said District Police Officer Asif Bahadur, “and the influx of nature lovers is continuing at its highest even on the fifth day of the holiday.”
With a record-breaking amount of tourists arriving in the valley, the police attempted to maintain order.
“There has been an unprecedented rush of tourists since Prime Minister Imran Khan recently visited this slice of heaven on earth and described it as more lovely and gorgeous than Switzerland,” a tourist from Karachi stated.
She went on to say that many tourists were forced to spend the night in their automobiles or on the side of the road.
Some visitors stated that the area’s growth and road widening are required in order to manage a big number of visitors.
