By way of PTI
JAMMU: 8 other people, together with 5 kids, have been killed after heavy rains prompted landslides and left a number of homes broken in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Wednesday, officers mentioned.
Kathua Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Minhas ordered a direct ex-gratia reduction of Rs 50,000 to the relatives of the deceased.
“Now we have 8 showed deaths in rain-related incidents. The management is maintaining a detailed watch at the flood-like state of affairs growing within the district,” Minhas instructed PTI.
Expressing condolences over the lack of lives, he mentioned a direct reduction of Rs 50,000 for the following of relatives of the deceased and Rs 25,000 to these injured was once sanctioned.
Braving incessant rains, rescuers comprising police, Military, SDRF and locals labored for hours in combination to retrieve the our bodies of 5 contributors of 2 households from the particles in their homes at Surjan village, he mentioned.
A police respectable known the deceased as Zareena Begum (40), her two sons Shahbaz Ahmad (14) and Arbaz (2), Nazia Tabassum (14) and her brother Mohd Asif (12).
At Sitti village, 13-year-old Ajay Singh got here beneath a landslide close to his area, whilst the frame of Naseema Begum (55) was once additionally recovered after she got here beneath a landslide close to her area at Drangal-Mandote, the respectable mentioned.
Sham Lal (50) additionally died after coming beneath the particles of a landslide at Bhuldi Nallah close to Daggar whilst he was once looking to transparent a water passage to keep away from harm to his area, he mentioned, including Lal’s frame was once recovered and passed over to his circle of relatives.
The respectable mentioned whilst two homes have been totally broken, a number of others suffered partial damages because of heavy rains within the district.
Quite a few low-lying spaces particularly close to the banks of Ujh river and its tributaries have been left inundated, prompting police to request other people to transport to more secure puts.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over the lack of lives within the rain-related incidents and mentioned he had directed the district management to offer all imaginable support to the bereaved households who’ve misplaced their close to and costly ones in addition to clinical help to the injured.
Union minister Jitendra Singh additionally took to Twitter to specific his unhappiness concerning the casualties in his parliamentary constituency because of incessant rains.
Singh mentioned he’s in consistent contact with the deputy commissioner and SSP Kathua Shivdeep Singh Jamwal and mentioned all imaginable help is being equipped.
JAMMU: 8 other people, together with 5 kids, have been killed after heavy rains prompted landslides and left a number of homes broken in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Wednesday, officers mentioned.
Kathua Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Minhas ordered a direct ex-gratia reduction of Rs 50,000 to the relatives of the deceased.
“Now we have 8 showed deaths in rain-related incidents. The management is maintaining a detailed watch at the flood-like state of affairs growing within the district,” Minhas instructed PTI.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Expressing condolences over the lack of lives, he mentioned a direct reduction of Rs 50,000 for the following of relatives of the deceased and Rs 25,000 to these injured was once sanctioned.
Braving incessant rains, rescuers comprising police, Military, SDRF and locals labored for hours in combination to retrieve the our bodies of 5 contributors of 2 households from the particles in their homes at Surjan village, he mentioned.
A police respectable known the deceased as Zareena Begum (40), her two sons Shahbaz Ahmad (14) and Arbaz (2), Nazia Tabassum (14) and her brother Mohd Asif (12).
At Sitti village, 13-year-old Ajay Singh got here beneath a landslide close to his area, whilst the frame of Naseema Begum (55) was once additionally recovered after she got here beneath a landslide close to her area at Drangal-Mandote, the respectable mentioned.
Sham Lal (50) additionally died after coming beneath the particles of a landslide at Bhuldi Nallah close to Daggar whilst he was once looking to transparent a water passage to keep away from harm to his area, he mentioned, including Lal’s frame was once recovered and passed over to his circle of relatives.
The respectable mentioned whilst two homes have been totally broken, a number of others suffered partial damages because of heavy rains within the district.
Quite a few low-lying spaces particularly close to the banks of Ujh river and its tributaries have been left inundated, prompting police to request other people to transport to more secure puts.
Lt Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over the lack of lives within the rain-related incidents and mentioned he had directed the district management to offer all imaginable support to the bereaved households who’ve misplaced their close to and costly ones in addition to clinical help to the injured.
Union minister Jitendra Singh additionally took to Twitter to specific his unhappiness concerning the casualties in his parliamentary constituency because of incessant rains.
Singh mentioned he’s in consistent contact with the deputy commissioner and SSP Kathua Shivdeep Singh Jamwal and mentioned all imaginable help is being equipped.