US EditionJ&K Cloudburst: 75 Reported Missing, Hundreds Feared Trapped, Search Enters Day 3
Rescue teams face tough terrain and weather while searching for 82 missing after a cloudburst; 46 bodies recovered and identified, officials said.
- On Saturday, 82 people—81 pilgrims and one CISF personnel—remain untraced after the cloudburst struck Chisoti village, Kishtwar district, around 12.25 pm on August 14.
- On August 14, the disaster struck Chisoti village around 12.25 pm, destroying a makeshift market, a langar, and a security outpost, suspending the Machail Mata yatra.
- Using heavy equipment, rescuers, NDRF, SDRF, Army, police, civil administration, local volunteers, explosives, over a dozen earth-movers, and dog squads continue rescue efforts, officials said.
- Officials have identified and handed over 46 bodies after legal formalities, while the parents of Vanshika and Disha broke down on reaching Jammu.
- Planning for connectivity restoration, army engineers have started work on a bailey bridge to install a 17-metre structure by Sunday evening.
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J&K cloudburst: Death toll reaches 61 as search for survivors continues on Day 4
Chisoti: The death toll due to a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district rose to 61, as rescuers continued operations for the fourth day on Sunday, effecting three more blasts to blow up boulders around a major impact spot, officials said. Army engineers have started working on a Bailey bridge to restore connectivity to Chisoti village and the Machail Mata shrine and further intensify the rescue efforts. With the recovery of another …
Kishtwar Cloudburst: Search For Trapped Victims Enters Day 4 As 80 Missing; Army Builds Bailey Bridge To Aid Rescue
Army engineers, meanwhile, have started working on a bailey bridge to restore connectivity to the village and the Machail Mata shrine and further intensify the rescue efforts.
J&K cloudburst: 75 reported missing, hundreds feared trapped, search enters day 3
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