Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday that about 60 bodies have been recovered after the disastrous floods in Chashoti village in Kishtwar district on Thursday and the number of missing people is still being ascertained. He said that rescue and relief work is in full swing and Army, NDRF, SDRF, police and local administration are working at the ground level.
Omar Abdullah told reporters, “Around 60 bodies have been recovered. The number of missing people is being assessed. After the rescue and relief operations ended, we will investigate whether the administration could take any precautionary measures, when the Meteorological Department had issued a warning and also advised not to get out if people are not needed. Army, NDRF, SDRF, Police and Administration have continued rescue campaign. Are. “
BJP leader and Leader of Opposition Sunil Kumar Sharma highlighted the scale of the upcoming challenge. Sharma said, “Our biggest challenge was to remove debris and find out the missing people. Eyewitnesses said that when there was devastation, there were about 300 people in the langar (community kitchen).”
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to him and assured all possible help. He said that the rescue teams will try to remove the debris on Saturday and search for the trapped people. “He said,” Essential commodities, water and electricity supply have been restored in the affected areas and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is monitoring the situation and taking the situation twice a day. “
The Indian Army, along with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Civil Administration and the State Disaster Response Force, launched a comprehensive discovery and rescue operation after a disastrous cloudburst in the village of Chashoti. The incident occurred on the route of Machail Mata Yatra at around 12:45 pm, causing sudden floods in the area and widespread destruction, resulting in the lives of travelers and local people.
