A police officer said that a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried two houses in the Laden village of Budgam district, trapping 16 people from two families. Lal Hajam, head of one of the families buried in the house collapse, was away when the accident occurred, the officer said. “We have not recovered anybody from the debris yet,” he added.
The two National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, comprising about 50 personnel each, were taken in an IAF plane from Bhatinda, Punjab to Srinagar. “We have pre-positioned two of our teams in the Kashmir Valley in order to combat any situation in the wake of flood alerts. Four other teams at Ghaziabad and Bhatinda will be on standby,” said NDRF Director General OP Singh.
Later in the evening, a J&K government spokesman said: “Eight fully equipped NDRF teams will be arriving in Kashmir to assist the state government in its efforts to safeguard life and property of people in the wake of the flood situation.”
As many as 24 people have been rescued by the Army from the Chandik-Kalie bridge area of Poonch district around 12.45 pm, Defence Spokesman Lt Col Manish Mehta said. They were trapped after the water level of the river in the district rose due to the rains. Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and conveyed to him that relief materials are being flown into the flood-affected Valley within the shortest possible time. During the telephonic talk, the CM briefed the HM about the prevailing flood situation. Singh assured full Central assistance to the state.
The J&K government sanctioned Rs 235 crore to meet the situation in the state, Sayeed announced in the Assembly. “I have authorised release of Rs 225 crore in favour of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir and Rs 10 crore in favour of Divisional Commissioner, Jammu and SDRF (State Disaster Relief Fund) for rescue and relief,” said Sayeed. He said that the last few hours have indicated that water is receding. “Administration is doing a remarkable job and I want to assure the House that there is no need to panic,” he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday morning rushed Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi as his special emissary to Kashmir for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage and assured the state of all assistance. Naqvi visited the Pattan area in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district to take stock of the situation.
“Naqvi, accompanied by state Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Sukhnandan and Minister for Technical Education Imran Reza Ansari visited several villages of Pattan and other adjacent areas to assess the situation,” an official spokesman said.
Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah said: “The administration should take all possible measures and work in close coordination with the locals to ensure that any loss to life and property is prevented at all costs.” He visited several areas of his assembly constituency Beerwah and Srinagar to take stock of the flood situation.
The two National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, comprising about 50 personnel each, were taken in an IAF plane from Bhatinda, Punjab to Srinagar. “We have pre-positioned two of our teams in the Kashmir Valley in order to combat any situation in the wake of flood alerts. Four other teams at Ghaziabad and Bhatinda will be on standby,” said NDRF Director General OP Singh.
Later in the evening, a J&K government spokesman said: “Eight fully equipped NDRF teams will be arriving in Kashmir to assist the state government in its efforts to safeguard life and property of people in the wake of the flood situation.”
As many as 24 people have been rescued by the Army from the Chandik-Kalie bridge area of Poonch district around 12.45 pm, Defence Spokesman Lt Col Manish Mehta said. They were trapped after the water level of the river in the district rose due to the rains. Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and conveyed to him that relief materials are being flown into the flood-affected Valley within the shortest possible time. During the telephonic talk, the CM briefed the HM about the prevailing flood situation. Singh assured full Central assistance to the state.
The J&K government sanctioned Rs 235 crore to meet the situation in the state, Sayeed announced in the Assembly. “I have authorised release of Rs 225 crore in favour of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir and Rs 10 crore in favour of Divisional Commissioner, Jammu and SDRF (State Disaster Relief Fund) for rescue and relief,” said Sayeed. He said that the last few hours have indicated that water is receding. “Administration is doing a remarkable job and I want to assure the House that there is no need to panic,” he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday morning rushed Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi as his special emissary to Kashmir for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage and assured the state of all assistance. Naqvi visited the Pattan area in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district to take stock of the situation.
“Naqvi, accompanied by state Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Sukhnandan and Minister for Technical Education Imran Reza Ansari visited several villages of Pattan and other adjacent areas to assess the situation,” an official spokesman said.
Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah said: “The administration should take all possible measures and work in close coordination with the locals to ensure that any loss to life and property is prevented at all costs.” He visited several areas of his assembly constituency Beerwah and Srinagar to take stock of the flood situation.