Opportunist traders Monday started selling petrol to the people caught in a traffic mess at a tourist spot at unprecedented prices of Rs700 per litre in Kalam, Swat Valley.

According to 24News HD TV channel, tourists in Kalam Valley have been fixed in the jam-packed traffic and lost the petrol in their vehicles.

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Following the shortage of fuel in the tourists’ vehicles, local petroleum product traders raised the prices that landed the travellers including families in deep trouble.

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The tourists have been making a litany of complaints to the authorities concern but to no avail.

Kalam is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the area has become a popular tourist attraction by its mountains, forests and lakes.