JAMMU — With the weather improving, the Army deployed a specially trained dog squad to aid the search for a government employee washed away in flash floods in Rajouri district, officials said on Monday. Rescue teams have intensified efforts to locate six other missing victims in neighbouring Poonch district. All seven people have been missing […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader Shahnawaz Choudhary on Sunday urged the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government to declare the widespread rain-induced damage in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri a “natural calamity”. Calling the scale of disaster “unprecedented”, Choudhary, President of the Poonch District Congress Committee (DCC), was disappointed that neither Chief Minister […]
JAMMU — Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar has directed all deputy commissioners to ensure that school buildings found unsafe or damaged due to recent rains are immediately locked and kept out of use until necessary repairs are completed, an official spokesman said on Sunday. All chief agriculture officers have also been directed to assess the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Environment Javed Ahmed Rana has said there was a need to strengthen disaster resilience in vulnerable areas and directed the administration to prepare a comprehensive long-term disaster mitigation plan in Poonch district, where 18 were killed in rain-related incidents. Reviewing the situation on the ground, Rana, who is […]
JAMMU — A 45-year-old woman was killed while her husband and son sustained injuries after their house collapsed in Rajouri district as light to moderate rains again lashed most parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The woman’s death has pushed the rain-related death toll in J&K to 30 since July 19. Six […]
JAMMU — The Congress on Thursday demanded the Centre declare the recent floods in Jammu and Kashmir a “national disaster” and announce a special relief and rehabilitation package for the affected population, particularly in the worst-hit districts of Poonch, Rajouri and Ramban. At least 26 people were killed and six others went missing as torrential […]
JAMMU — The death toll in the recent rain-triggered flash floods and landslides across Jammu region rose to 26 on Thursday with the recovery of the body of a 25-year-old woman from Poonch district, officials said. The body of Khalida Kouser, wife of Yasar Iqbal of Murrah village, was recovered near the Fazalabad footbridge in […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday reviewed the ground situation in districts affected by heavy rains, flash floods and landslides across Jammu and Kashmir and directed the authorities to intensify rescue and relief operations. In a post on X, the Lieutenant Governor said he spoke with senior officials and […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary and National Conference MP Mian Altaf escaped unhurt in two separate mudslide incidents along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway amid incessant rains on Wednesday, officials said. Deputy CM Choudhary and MP Altaf were travelling to the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch to oversee relief and […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Divisional Commissioner Jammu and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu, visited flash flood-affected areas of Rajouri and Poonch districts to assess the ground situation, review restoration efforts, and oversee relief measures. In Rajouri district, the senior officers inspected the flood-hit Bella area, taking stock of the damage and the ongoing restoration of […]