The tehsil municipal administration in Balakot sealed three private cable cars on Thursday. The TMA superintendent said that the cable cars were sealed for examination to ensure the safety of passengers, mostly women and children. He said that around a dozen chairlifts had already been sealed in Mansehra district.

The development came following the rescue of eight people, including six children, who remained stranded on a cable car hundreds of feet above ground in the mountainous Battagram area. They got stuck in the chairlift for long hours after two of its cables snapped.