There have been multiple injuries and five fatalities in Jammu and Kashmir due to flash floods and landslides. Hundreds of residents have been impacted, and numerous homes have sustained damage.Numerous hilly districts, including Doda, Reasi, Kishtwar, Ramban, and Baramulla, have experienced heavy rain and landslides. The national highway connecting Srinagar and Jammu has been closed for the past three days because of numerous landslides along the route. With the water level dropping and people starting to return to their damaged homes, things are beginning to get better in Kupwara.
#WATCH | Roads and buildings damaged in flash floods in J&K's Kupwara due to sudden heavy rains in the area pic.twitter.com/wRjcXQoa1Y
— ANI (@ANI) April 29, 2024
As seen in the visuals from yesterday, a section of the road has washed away due to flash floods and several houses flooded in knee-deep water. A portion of a house facing the river has been washed off. Yesterday, officials issued a danger warning has been issued for Pohru Nallah in Kupwara. The Jammu and Kashmir administration said the timely evacuation saved lives in flood-hit areas.
Aziz Ahmad, Additional District Magistrate, Handwara, said, “We are assessing losses. Our priority was to save lives.”Floods have damaged some major infrastructure in the Kupwara district, including Shumriyal Bridge, Khumryal Bridge, Shatmuqam Bridge, Sohipora-Hayhama Bridge, Farkyan Bridge, two rural development department buildings at Kupwara and assistant director Handicrafts office building. Shumryal- Gundajhanger road got cut off due to scouring and a breach in the Doban Kachama dam.
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