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Jammu-Kashmir: A total of 13 houses were damaged due to the landslide in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, said officials on Sunday, adding that the affected families have been shifted to safe locations after the incident. The landslide occurred 45 kilometres from the Ramban district administrative centre in the Duksar Dal hamlet of the Gool subdivision.
Magistrate Gul Tanveer ul-Majid Wani said, “A total of 13 houses were damaged due to landslides in Duksar Dal in the last three days and they are no longer habitable. The affected families have been shifted and provided with tents, ration, utensils and blankets as immediate relief.”The landslide has posed great danger to the 33KV Power line and a major Water pipeline.
The landslide has posed great danger to the 33KV Power line and a major Water pipeline. Mussarat Islam, Ramban Deputy Commissioner has requested the Jammu Divisional Commissioner to send a team of geologists from the Department of Geology and Mining to find out the underlying reason and also seek help from the engineers of IRCON and USBRL (Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line), according to media report.
He has also requested the Officer-in-charge, 52-RCC of General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) to make emergency arrangements for creating an alternate road for the Gool Tehsil headquarters.
The weather Department (IMD) has also predicted light rainfall/snowfall for some states including Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Uttarakhand in the coming days.
It also stated that a Western Disturbance as a trough in lower and middle tropospheric westerlies runs roughly along Long. 54°E and north of Lat. 32°N. It is likely to affect the western Himalayan region from 19 February.
The weather office said, “Under its influence, light to moderate isolated to scattered rainfall/snowfall very likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand during 19th-21st February.”
