Jammu and Kashmir, Floods
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Atal Dulloo, chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, visited the cloudburst-affected Chisoti village in Kishtwar district to review ongoing rescue efforts. The catastrophe caused flash floods, leaving 60 dead,
At least 32 people died, including two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, after a massive cloudburst struck Chashoti village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thursday.
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Press Trust of India on MSNKishtwar cloudburst: J-K Cong defers party events for 1 week as mark of respect to victims
The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Saturday said that all its scheduled programmes, including the ongoing chain hunger strike in support of statehood restoration, have been deferred for the
In Jammu and Kashmir's Chasoti, a cloudburst has caused significant distress, claiming at least 60 lives and leaving 70 to 80 people missing. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah encounters locals' anger during ongoing rescue and relief operations.
J&K CM Omar Abdullah, who reached Kishtwar via the Sinthan Pass on Friday evening, travelled by road to the affected village early Saturday morning.
A pilgrimage turned into a nightmare as eight members of a Banagarh family vanished in the flash flood; village gripped by sorrow, hopes fading with each hour.
Cloudburst strikes Chositi village near Machail Mata Shrine in Padder Tashoti area, triggering flash floods that swept away community kitchen - Anadolu Ajansı
More than 30 people were killed after flash floods triggered by the massive cloudburst tore through Kishtwar's Chositi, damaging several homes and forcing authorities to even halt the annual yatra to the shrine.
The Government Medical College and Hospital authorities today said that its team of specialist doctors and other staff are on their toes to treat the Kishtwar cloudburst victims, and have ensured that there was no need to refer patients to any other higher institute for want of medical expertise.
The massive cloudburst struck the Chishoti village of Padder in Kishtwar on Thursday, at a time when pilgrims were on the annual Shri Mata Machail yatra. A large number of pilgrims were swept by the flash floods and many homes were damaged.