{"id":17054,"date":"2025-08-19T15:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17054"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:04:04","slug":"rains-landslides-disrupt-tourism-operations-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17054","title":{"rendered":"Rains, landslides disrupt tourism operations in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Tourism operations in Punjab\u2019s Salt Range, Murree and other northern areas have been suspended due to heavy monsoon rains, landslides and an increase in cloudburst incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab Tourism Secretary\u00a0Raja Jahangir Anwar said on Tuesday that climate change has severely disrupted the tourism sector, causing substantial economic losses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth domestic and international tourism have suffered,\u201d he said. \u201cThe cable car service in Patriata has been closed after one of its pylons collapsed during torrential rains.\u201d For the past two days, tourist activities across Murree, Kallar Kahar, Chakwal\u2019s lakes and other northern destinations have been at a complete halt.<\/p>\n<p>Read: DG ISPR outlines on going rescue works in flood-hit zones<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarge numbers of local tourists from Punjab\u2019s plains and Sindh usually travel to these destinations, but all such activities have now come to a standstill,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setbacks, Anwar stressed that tourism could not be abandoned. \u201cTourism cannot be given up because of climate change,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Punjab government has allocated Rs33 billion for new tourist attractions, restoration of heritage sites and infrastructure upgrades in northern regions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that Murree, Kallar Kahar and the Salt Range were being upgraded, while Fort Munro was being developed into a prime hill station.<\/p>\n<p>Anwar also said that tourism facilities were being activated in Rajanpur, Layyah and Multan. \u201cWe are placing special emphasis on promoting desert tourism in South Punjab, particularly in Cholistan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued an advisory urging citizens to avoid traveling to northern tourist spots and to monitor weather conditions before planning trips.<\/p>\n<p>According to official figures, since June 2025 at least 162 people have lost their lives and hundreds have been injured in monsoon-related incidents, particularly in the Salt Range and Chakwal, where cloudbursts and flash floods have caused widespread devastation.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism operations in Punjab\u2019s Salt Range, Murree and other northern areas have been suspended due to heavy monsoon rains, landslides and an increase in cloudburst incidents. Punjab Tourism Secretary\u00a0Raja Jahangir Anwar said on Tuesday that climate change has severely disrupted the tourism sector, causing substantial economic losses. \u201cBoth domestic and international tourism have suffered,\u201d he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}