Four people including a child rescued from chairlift in Kalam

Shau district of Kalam in Upper Swat: Four persons including two ladies and a child were successfully rescued from a chairlift, Rescue 1122 and other relevant department teams reached the area with rescue equipment as soon as they got the report and concluded the rescue operation.

Residents also joined the rescue operation, with heavy machinery from the Upper Swat Development Authority, cranes, police and the district government participating.

Assistant Commissioner Kalam was the supervisor of the rescue operation.

Earlier in December 2025, four persons including a mother and a child were stranded in a chairlift (doli) in the Bahrain area of Swat River.

“The family was crossing the river when the chairlift suddenly stopped in the middle of the stream due to a technical fault,” a representative of Rescue 1122 said.

Rescue teams arrived and evacuated all four people safely.