Kishtwar Cloudburst: 7 bodies recovered, 17 rescued, 6 critical, 26 missing
- 3 years ago
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An officer at the Kishtwar police control room said 26 people were missing and “chances of their survival looked grim”. He said the cloud burst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district was reported at 4 am on Wednesday and initially 28 people were reported missing.
At least seven people were killed and 17 others were injured, five of them critically while 26 remained missing after flash floods hit Honjar village in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar district following a cloud burst early Wednesday. Officials said they managed to rescue 17 people amid heavy rain in the region.
Another officer at the Kishtwar police control room said 26 people remained missing and “chances of their survival looked grim”. He said the cloud burst was reported at 4 am on Wednesday and initially 28 people were reported missing. A defence spokesman too confirmed that approximately 26 persons were feared to be missing.
“On a request from the civil administration, two columns of the Indian Army were launched to carry out rescue operations in village Honzar. The village was caught in a flash flood due to a cloud burst, which led to the sudden rise in water level in the Malu and Nath rivulets. Approximately 26 persons are feared to be missing and more than 15 houses and dhoks (sheds of nomads) have also been submerged under the water or were washed away,” he said.
An officer at the Kishtwar police control room said 26 people were missing and “chances of their survival looked grim”. He said the cloud burst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district was reported at 4 am on Wednesday and initially 28 people were reported missing.
At least seven people were killed and 17 others were injured, five of them critically while 26 remained missing after flash floods hit Honjar village in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kishtwar district following a cloud burst early Wednesday. Officials said they managed to rescue 17 people amid heavy rain in the region.
Another officer at the Kishtwar police control room said 26 people remained missing and “chances of their survival looked grim”. He said the cloud burst was reported at 4 am on Wednesday and initially 28 people were reported missing. A defence spokesman too confirmed that approximately 26 persons were feared to be missing.
“On a request from the civil administration, two columns of the Indian Army were launched to carry out rescue operations in village Honzar. The village was caught in a flash flood due to a cloud burst, which led to the sudden rise in water level in the Malu and Nath rivulets. Approximately 26 persons are feared to be missing and more than 15 houses and dhoks (sheds of nomads) have also been submerged under the water or were washed away,” he said.