Sudden, heavy rain in Indian Kashmir leaves 46 useless, greater than 200 lacking

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SRINAGAR, India Reuters —

At the least 46 individuals died and greater than 200 had been lacking following sudden, heavy rain in Indian Kashmir, officers stated on Thursday, the second such catastrophe within the Himalayas in a little bit over per week.

The incident occurred in Chasoti city of Kishtwar district, a stopover level on a well-liked pilgrimage route. It comes a little bit over per week after a heavy flood and mudslide engulfed a whole village within the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

The flood washed away a group kitchen and a safety put up arrange within the village, a pit cease alongside the pilgrimage path to the Machail Mata temple, stated one of many officers, who declined to be named as a result of he was not authorised to talk to the media concerning the incident.

“Numerous pilgrims had gathered for lunch and so they had been washed away,” the official stated.

The Machail yatra is a well-liked pilgrimage to the excessive altitude Himalayan shrine of Machail Mata, one of many manifestations of Goddess Durga, and pilgrims trek to the temple from Chasoti, the place the street for autos ends.

“The information is grim and correct, verified data from the realm hit by the cloudburst is gradual in arriving,” Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of India’s federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir, stated in a put up on X.

Tv footage confirmed pilgrims crying in concern as water flooded the village.

The catastrophe occurred at 11.30 a.m. native time, Ramesh Kumar, the divisional commissioner of Kishtwar district, informed information company ANI, including that native police and catastrophe response officers had reached the scene.

“Military, air drive groups have additionally been activated. Search and rescue operations are underway,” Kumar stated.

A cloudburst, in accordance with the Indian Meteorological Division, is a sudden, intense downpour of over 100 mm (4 inches) of rain in only one hour that may set off sudden floods, landslides, and devastation, particularly in mountainous areas through the monsoon.

The native climate workplace in Srinagar predicted intense showers for a number of areas in Kashmir on Thursday, together with Kishtwar, asking residents to keep away from free buildings, electrical poles and previous timber as there was a risk of mudslides and flash floods.