20 houses, shops damaged in Ghizer flood

Monday, July 09, 2012 - Ghizer,—More than 20 houses were completely damaged while fields and orchards spread over hundreds of kanals of land in Ghizer were damaged in the flood which came after a thunderstorm struck Sosot Nullah of Tehsil Gopis.

The bridge connecting Gilgit district to Chitral was also washed away in the flood in the nullah which the Gilgit-Chitral road was also partially damaged. When the flood of Sosot Nullah entered the Ghizer River, it stopped the river water flow for about an hour due to which the river water overflowed to the surrounding areas which presented a look of a lake. —INP