RAMBAN — Nearly 80 families were relocated and are being provided with assistance following the recent cloudburst-triggered flash floods that claimed the lives of three persons in this district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior government official said on Saturday. Ramban Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baseer ul Haq Chaudhary said over 80,000 kanals of agricultural land […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday questioned Pakistan’s offer to join any “neutral and transparent” probe into the terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people on April 22. “The recent tragedy in Pahalgam is yet another example of this perpetual blame game, which must come to a grinding halt. […]
JAMMU — The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway will remain suspended for 24 hours, beginning Sunday morning, for widening of road damaged due to recent landslides especially near Ramban town, an official said. According to an order issued by Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary, the traffic will be halted on the highway for repair […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday visited Ramban district, which faced devastation due to the recent cloudbursts that triggered flash floods and landslides, to review restoration work, officials said. Three persons were killed and over 600 houses and commercial buildings were damaged in the natural calamity which also caused massive […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday assessed the ground situation in the aftermath of the destruction caused by heavy rains coupled with cloudbursts and landslides here, and met with the affected families. This was his second visit to the affected areas in as many days. On Monday, the chief minister […]
RAMBAN — The flash-floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain and cloudbursts severely affected nearly a dozen villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s hilly Ramban district, a senior government officer said on Monday and added the authorities had mobilised resources to restore essential services and provide relief to the affected people. Divisional Commissioner (Jammu) Ramesh Kumar […]
JAMMU — National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Monday called for relocation and rehabilitation of the families affected by the flash floods triggered by heavy rain and cloudbursts that caused widespread devastation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. Calling it a “national disaster”, he urged the Centre to step in and provide immediate assistance to […]
RAMBAN — The landslide-hit Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for a second day on Monday, with a senior NHAI official saying the road clearance operation, underway at 20 locations, was likely to take about six days. Hundreds of vehicles were left stranded on the strategic 250-kilometre highway — the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed grief over the loss of three lives due to flash floods triggered by incessant rain in Ramban district while Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary was rushing to the affected areas to take stock of the situation. National Conference president Farooq […]
RAMBAN — Three people were killed and more than 100 rescued after heavy rain triggered flash floods at different places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district early on Sunday, officials said. The incessant rain also triggered landslides and mudslides at nearly a dozen places between Nashri and Banihal along the strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, prompting […]