Ramban: At least 10 people were killed in separate incidents of a cloudburst and a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. According to reports, three people reportedly lost their lives after a cloudburst in Ramban district. Several houses were also damaged. The cloudburst triggered flash floods in the mountainous Rajgarh, located about 25 kilometres from the district headquarters, reported PTI, quoting officials.
Among the deceased were two missing. Two people are also reported to be missing in the flash floods. Authorities have launched a rescue operation to track the missing people.
Meanwhile, in another tragic incident, a landslide also struck Jammu and Kahsmir's Reasi district om Saturday morning. Seven members of a family are feared dead in the landslide, that occurred the Badder village of Mahore.
Notably, heavy rains have lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir over the past few days. Floods, triggered by heavy rains, have caused devastation in Jammu. According to reports, over 45 people lost their lives in Jammu, with most of them being victims of a landslide on the Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage route, in rain-related incidents.
According to reports, close to 35 people lost their lives after the landslide took place at Adhkunwari en route to the shrine on Tuesday, August 26.
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh visited flood-hit areas along the highway in Udhampur, while Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary reached out to people in affected parts of Jammu to supervise relief operations being conducted by the administration.
Over 12,000 people were evacuated from flood-hit areas during rescue operations.
