BATTAGRAM (PPI): All eight passengers trapped inside a cable car since early Tuesday morning in Allai tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Battagram were rescued late at night after an operation that spanned over 14 hours.
The successful completion of the operation was first confirmed in a statement issued by Rescue 1122 and later by the military’s media affairs wing.
Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar also confirmed the development on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
“Relieved to know that all the kids have been successfully and safely rescued. Great teamwork by the military, rescue departments, district administration as well as the local people,” he said.
The incident had occurred early in the morning — estimated between 7am and 8am — when six students and two locals were on the way to school.
They got stuck when two wires of the cable car snapped, Assistant Commissioner (AC) Jawad Hussain earlier told Dawn.com, adding the cable car was privately run by locals for transportation across rivers as there were no roads or bridges in the area.
The cable car remained dangling in the middle of a deep ravine surrounded by towering mountains and a rocky surface along with the Jhangri river for hours.
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