Jammu: Five people, including two soldiers, were killed as heavy rains and unseasonal snowfall lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the third consecutive day on Sunday. The officers provided this information.
Jammu: Five people, including two soldiers, were killed as heavy rains and unseasonal snowfall lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the third consecutive day on Sunday. The officers provided this information.
According to officials, due to rise in the water level of reservoirs, the Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for Monday for Jammu region and parts of Ladakh, while people in several low-lying areas of Jammu region have been shifted to safer places as a precautionary measure. has been delivered.
Bodies of two soldiers washed away in flash floods caused by heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch have been recovered. Officials gave this information on Sunday. He told that both the army personnel were crossing the Dogra Nallah in Surankote area when they were swept away by the strong current.
According to officials, the body of Naib Subedar Kuldeep Singh was fished out from the Dogra drain on Saturday night, while the body of Lance Naik Telu Ram was recovered on Sunday.
Paying tributes to both the soldiers, the army said the jawans were patrolling the area at the time of the accident.Meanwhile, a passenger bus was hit by a landslide on the Bhangroon Thathri-Gandoh village road in Doda, killing two passengers.
Bhaderwah Superintendent of Police Vinod Sharma said that the two passengers have been identified as Amir Sohail and Mudassar Ali and another person was also injured in the accident.
At least 40 people, who were stranded in flash floods in different parts of the district, were rescued by police and SDRF teams, officials said. The Meteorological Department has also issued a ‘red alert’ warning for Kathua, Samba and other low-lying catchment areas of the Jammu region for the next 24 hours.
Several villages, including Mehreen, Bhambarwan and Bani, were inundated due to overflowing rivers and streams, forcing people living there to move to safer places, officials said.
Flood water entered several villages of Akhnoor in Jammu, Ramban and Udhampur districts, but there was no report of any major damage. Flash floods in Tawi and its tributaries in parts of Udhampur district damaged several foot bridges and some houses.
Union Minister and MP from Udhampur Jitendra Singh said, “I have just spoken to Udhampur District Magistrate Sachin Kumar on the phone. The Deputy Collector and Tehsildar have been asked to ensure their safety by immediately shifting the local people to safer places. Once the weather improves, the work of restoring the damaged foot bridges will be started. I am in constant touch.
