Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed deep anguish over the loss of lives due to rain-triggered landslides in several areas of Kathua district.
A cloudburst in the Janglote area of Kathua has left four people dead and caused damage to a railway track, the national highway, and the local police station.
"I had come here on Rakshabandhan to drop my wife off at her parents' home. I went back to Punjab on the morning of 12 August, around 7 am. Around 10.30 am the same day, she went for 'darshan' to 'Machail Mata Mandir'. Then on 13 August, I got a call from my wife's brother-in-law. He told me
General Officer Commanding (GOC) Counter Insurgency Force - Delta, Major General A. P. S. Bal, said all the security forces are trying their best to rescue as many people as possible from the area affected by the cloudburst.
Speaking to ANI, Singh described the disaster as unprecedented. "This was an unprecedented disaster and I feel that we have never seen or heard of it in our lifetime. We have never experienced anything like this in this area and recently, such cloudbursts have been happening in Himachal Prad
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that rescue and relief operations in Kishtwar are continuing through the night after a devastating cloudburst struck the district on August 14, leaving over 60 people dead.
The cloudburst, which occurred along the Machail Mata Yatra route, triggered flash floods and widespread destruction on Thursday, killing at least 60 people.
The Indian Army, in coordination with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), local police, and district administration, is at the forefront of rescue operations in Chasoti village, Kishtwar district, following a devastating flash flood.