Flash floods claim 3 lives in J&Okay, 4 rescued | Jammu News

JAMMU: Three individuals, together with two minors, drowned whereas 4 others had been rescued as flash floods triggered by heavy rains occurred in totally different areas of Rajouri, Poonch, Doda and Kathua districts in J&Okay on Thursday. Meanwhile, a recent landslide close to Satya viewpoint alongside the Himkoti route blocked the brand new observe to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta Hills in Reasi district.In Rajouri district, Shaqafat Ali (14) and his cousin Safeena Kousar (11) had been out grazing cattle together with a 10-year-old woman, Saima, at their village, Sialsui Mou, in Kalakote sub-division when a cloudburst-triggered flash flood swept them away. Shaqafat and Safeena drowned, however a gaggle of native volunteers managed to rescue Saima. She was hospitalised. The our bodies of the deceased youngsters had been retrieved and handed over to their kin, officers stated.In Doda district, an SDRF rescue group retrieved the physique of Basharat Hussain (32), a resident of Dunadi village, from the Lopa stream. Officials stated Hussain had drowned whereas bathing in the stream on June 23.In Kathua district, two males — Baldev Raj (35) and Sushil Kumar (25) — out fishing had been trapped in flash floods earlier than being rescued by SDRF from Ujh river close to Jarmal village in Nagri block. SDRF additionally saved one other particular person trapped in a stream in Poonch district.Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts additionally occurred in Poonch’s Qazi Mora and different high-altitude areas in Doda, Udhampur and Ramban districts, however there have been no casualties, officers stated.Authorities in a number of districts, together with Rajouri and Doda, have imposed a whole ban on swimming, bathing, fishing and roaming close to rivers, nullahs, and waterfalls. School picnics have been prohibited, too. Citizens have been suggested to remain alert and comply with precautionary measures amid flood-like conditions. Police had been seen utilizing a public deal with system fitted on their autos to warning folks to avoid swollen water our bodies.The landslide on the Himkoti route comes at a time when the shrine board authorities had already diverted the pilgrimage to the previous route in view of incessant rains and the specter of landslides on the brand new observe. (*3*) stated an official, including that businesses involved are clearing the particles on each tracks.