J&K cloudburst survivors wait months to perform final rituals

Months after Chisoti cloudburst, families of missing wait for closure to perform rituals

Jammu, Jan 21: For months, Rajesh Kumar and Bindiya from Punjab’s Jalandhar are living between despair and acceptance, searching in Jammu for answers about their 22-year-old daughter and her friend, who went missing after a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district in August last year. Another family from Jammu has lost eight members to the tragedy. The families say they are not asking for compensation but acknowledgement — death certi…

J&K cloudburst survivors wait months to perform final rituals

For months, Rajesh Kumar and Bindiya from Punjab's Jalandhar are living between despair and acceptance, searching in Jammu for answers about their 22-year-old daughter and her friend, who went missing after a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district in August last year.