Thursday, September 4, 2014

'Handfuls dead' in Kashmir transport plunge

A Kashmiri man wades through flood water in the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir on 04 September 2014.
A Kashmiri man wades through surge water in the edge of Srinagar, the mid year capital of Indian Kashmir on 04 September 2014. 

Kashmir is experiencing its most exceedingly awful flooding in 22 years 

Many individuals are dreaded dead after surges cleared a traveler transport into a crevasse in Indian-directed Kashmir. 

The transport was convey around 50 parts of a wedding gathering, including the spouse and the lucky man, reports said. 

The surge waters are surging and salvage exertions are under way, top police official Owais Ahmad told the BBC. 

The district is experiencing its most noticeably awful flooding in 22 years, which has asserted no less than nine lives since Tuesday. 

Street mishaps are regular in India and a year ago, more than 138,000 individuals passed on, as indicated by government figures. 

Thursday's mishap occurred in Rajouri region in the Jammu area. 

Authorities said rescuers were looking for the transport, however they had not had the capacity to find it in the surge waters. 

"Salvage groups are there, including a section of the armed force," news org AFP cited auditor general of police Rajesh Kumar as saying. 

"Aviation based armed forces helicopters are likewise prepared, however substantial downpours and a solid present in the stream make it troublesome," he said, including that a portion of the travelers ready for have gotten away to security. 

Relentless downpours have activated avalanches and overflowed numerous parts of Indian-managed Kashmir, the BBC's Riyaz Masroor reports from Srinagar. 

Powers have announced a "debacle caution" in the district and all schools and universities are shut and exams have been delayed, our reporter includes.

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