Srinagar: Months after Jammu and Kashmir was ravaged by devastating floods, several areas in the Valley are again facing a flood-like situation due to the incessant rains in the state Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed arrives in Srinagar to take stock of situation and assures compensation to the affected people.
We will do everything possible for the people and will try to provide compensation to non-insured people,” he says. J&K Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh addresses state Assembly, says the situation is a matter of concern for all of us and the government is serious about the issue.IAF aircraft loaded with relief material departs from Bathinda, Punjab.
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who is scheduled to lead a team of officials to assess the flood-like situation in J&K says, The PM has directed us to visit affected areas and take stock of the situation. Two houses sink into ground at Chadoora area in Budgam district of Kashmir, 16 people feared trapped, says police. Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah says, “I hope and pray that we don’t have to face the situation as we faced last September during the floods.”
PM Narendra Modi decides to send a high-level team of officials along with MoS for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to assess flood like situation in Kashmir. Having appealed to the public to not to panic, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General OP Singh says that four teams are on standby.
Heavy rains overnight have caused waterlogging in Kashmir’s towns and villages. Avalanche warning has been issued in some areas. Also, power supply has been hit in many parts of the state capital. Briefing the media Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu says that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed senior ministers to visit all the states and take stock of situation assess the damage done to the farmers due to unseasonal rains.
The government has advised people living near the banks of the Jhelum and in the low lying areas of the valley to shift to safer places. A senior official said water level of river Jhelum at 6 am at Sangam (South Kashmir) and Ram Munshi Bagh (Srinagar city) has touched 22.4 feet and 18′.8 feet respectively. Danger level at Sangam is 21 feet and at Ram Munshi Bagh it is 18 feet.
At Ram Munshibagh in Srinagar, the water level at 6 am has been recorded at 18.55 feet which is slightly higher than the flood alert level. The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed following landslides at a number of places on Sunday. The Srinagar-Gulmarg road was also closed after a bridge in Kunzar village was washed away by the swollen Ferozepur Nallah.
The newly-elected Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Sunday took stock of the flood threat and reviewed the preparedness of the administration that has already been put on high alert. The University of Kashmir has postponed all examinations scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
Bureau Report
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