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title: "Landslide blocks road to Skardu, stranding thousands"
description: "Most outlets led with the closure of Baltistan Road due to a major landslide near Shangus in Skardu’s Roundu Valley and the resulting stranding of thousands of travelers and tourists. Dawn also mentioned the GBDMA’s warning against travel and resident calls for improved safety measures, while ProPakistani focused primarily on the scale of the landslide and its immediate impact."
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# Landslide blocks road to Skardu, stranding thousands

pakistan · updated 23 Oct 2026, 1:04 PM PKT · 23 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the closure of Baltistan Road due to a major landslide near Shangus in Skardu’s Roundu Valley and the resulting stranding of thousands of travelers and tourists. Dawn also mentioned the GBDMA’s warning against travel and resident calls for improved safety measures, while ProPakistani focused primarily on the scale of the landslide and its immediate impact.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **ProPakistani** — [Road to Skardu Closed After Massive Landslide](https://propakistani.pk/2026/10/23/road-to-skardu-closed-after-massive-landslide/) · 23 Oct 2026, 1:04 PM PKT
  > A major landslide blocked Baltistan Road near Shangus in Skardu’s Roundu Valley, leaving thousands of travelers, including tourists, stranded on… Read More
- **Dawn** — [Landslide leaves thousands stranded on Baltistan Road](https://www.dawn.com/news/2039148/landslide-leaves-thousands-stranded-on-baltistan-road) · 23 Oct 2026, 7:05 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Passengers cross a road blocked by boulders in the Shangus area of Skardu’s Roundu Valley.—Dawn • GBDMA warns against travel as road to remain closed • Residents call for safety measures on thoroughfare GILGIT: The Baltistan Road was blocked by landslides near Shangus in Skardu’s Roundu Valley on Thursday morning, leaving thousands of passengers, including tourists, stranded on both sides. Loca...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 23 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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