Jammu/Srinagar: Casualties in the Second Monsoon Disaster of J & K’s Pilgrimage Season after the Aug 14 Kishtwar CloudBurst Mounted Wednsday as Search Teams Found 28 More Bodies UNDER The Debris AT Landslip site along the trek to the Vaishno Devi Shrine, Taking the Combined Death Toll in Toll in Tuesday’s Landslides and Flash Floods in Reasi and Doda to 38.Most of the Casualties at Ardhkuwari in Reasi, where initially Six people had been reported dead, was pilgrims from up, up, Rajasthan, Delhi and Punjab, Officials Said. At Least 20 other other others were injured in that landslide. Doda Reported Four Deaths.Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Announced Ex Gratia of Rs 9 Lakh Each to the Families of the Landslide Victims. UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Too, Sanctioned Rs 4 Lakh Each to the Kin of the 11 people from his state killed in the Reasi Landslide.CM Omar Abdullah Demanded to Know Why District Officials Didn Bollywood Stop Pilgrims from Proceeding on the Vaishno Devi Route in Increment Weather. “Very sorry to hear about the deaths of the pilgrims on the Mata Vaishno Devi Track… Where they were not moved to a safe place?Lg Sinha Briefed PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on the Flood Situation and the Union Territory’s Preparedness for Evacation and reliable Operations. “I met devotees injured in the landslide (in Katra)… Urged Doctors to ENSURE BEST POSSILE TREATMENT. My Gratitude to Emergency Responders, SMVDSB Employes & Citizens Whose Examplary Interventions Saved Many Lives, “He Wrote on X.The met office said Jammu received 380mm of Rainfall in the Past 24 hours, The Highest Over that Duration Since the Weather Observatorry there was established in 1910. The previous record 25, 19888 “To put this in percective, jammu’s monthly average for aug is 403.1mm,” an official said.The Union Territory Administration Issued a Flood Alert after the Jhelum Breached The Danger Mark of 22 Feet Near Sangam. The srinagar-jammu highway was shut beCause of landslides at muliple places, as were the kishtwar-doda-centhan-nantnag road (NH-244) and Mughal Road.“More than 5,000 people were evacuated to safety from low-inge, flooded areas of jammu. Army, NDRF and SDRF are working in coordination with the divisional commissioner’s office to ensure there is adequate supply of reliaf materials and all possible assistance Affected, “An official statement said.Telecom Services Across J&K Have Been Disrupted, Prompting “Still Struggling with Almost Non-Existent Communication… Haven’t Felt this disconnected since the terrible days of 2014 & 2019,” Omar said on x.On Aug 14, At Least 65 Pilgrims on the Machail Mata Trail Died at a CampSite in Chasoti Village of Kishtwar after a Cloudburst Triggered Flash Flooding. Based on official data, 32 people reported Missing Since the Tragedy Are Still to be traced. Three Days Later, Seven People – Five of Them Children – Died in a Flash Flood Trigered by a CloudBurst in Kathua.
