J&Okay Ramban flash floods: Heavy rainfall as a result of cloudbursts triggered flash floods and landslides in a number of areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Easter Sunday, April 20. Three folks together with two youngsters misplaced their lives, because the floods washed away scores of homes and roads.
The landslides that blocked the Jammu-Srinagar Nationwide Freeway (NH-44), left lots of stranded on the 250-kilometre stretch, the one all-weather street that hyperlinks Kashmir with the remainder of India.
Listed here are the most recent updates of the calamity that gripped Ramban:
Jammu & Kashmir: Ramban flash floods kills 3 | Prime Updates
1.Three folks, of which two have been youngsters, have been killed due to the flash floods.
2. Whereas speaking to reporters, locals within the area mentioned the flash floods fully washed away a complete market, which was residence to round 20-25 retailers.
3. All colleges and schools throughout Ramban would stay shut on Monday, April 21 due to the “inclement climate situations,” the Ramban Deputy Commissioner posted on X.
Harrowing visuals launched by ANI confirmed that landslides have been additionally reported in Kishtawar, amongst a number of different areas.
4. “Round 200-250 homes have been broken. Most harm occurred in Ramban city. A rescue operation is being carried out. NDRF workforce is on the way in which and all native groups are additionally deployed right here,” Deputy Commissioner Baseer-Ul-Haq Chaudhary advised ANI.
5. The Jammu and Kashmir district administration issued a crimson alert in Reasi amid rising water ranges in River Chenab. Rafting within the river has been suspended, and folks have additionally been suggested to keep away from the water physique.
6. Nationwide Catastrophe Response Power (NDRF) groups are presently concerned in rescue operations. Round 100 folks have been rescued to date.
7. Residents of Ramban additional requested that Dwelling Minister Amit Shah present compensation to those that have misplaced their livelihoods to those flash floods, reported ANI.
8. Visitors on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar Nationwide Freeway was suspended because the street was blocked at almost a dozen locations between Nashri and Banihal as a result of landslides and mudslides, officers mentioned.
9. Tons of of commuters have been left stranded on the 250-kilometre freeway, the one all-weather street linking Kashmir with the remainder of the nation.
10. “The state of affairs is unhealthy.. on my return I’ll submit my report back to the chief minister,” Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary mentioned in Ramban after he visited the affected areas, reported ANI.
(with inputs from businesses)
