CHITRAL, Nov 10: The closure of Lowari Top road due to snow and the refusal of the construction company to allow trucks and other vehicles through the tunnel has led to scarcity of food items in the district.

Talking to Dawn here on Sunday, a number of people complained that there was shortage of vegetables, fruit, LPG and many other basic commodities in the city`s bazaars.

Sultan Ali, a former councillor, said that hundreds of trucks loaded with the commodities had been stranded at the south portal of the tunnel.-Correspondent