Jammu and Kashmir Government Declares Flood in the State

The people of Kashmir were asked to move to safety this morning after the state government declared flood following heavy rain on Sunday.

A flood alert was issued in Srinagar late last night after the river Jhelum crossed the danger mark because of incessant rain across the Kashmir Valley since Saturday.

An avalanche warning has been issued in seven vulnerable districts of the rain-hit Valley. In central Kashmir's Budgam district, several houses were damaged or completely destroyed in a landslide caused by the rain.
The Met Department has predicted more rain over the next six days; heavy rain is expected through the night and on April 3.
Over the weekend, many low-lying areas in the city were flooded, including Rajbagh, one of the worst hit by the devastating floods in September that left over 250 dead and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings.

The Srinagar-Jammu national highway continues to remain closed due to landslides for the third consecutive day.
A city municipal corporation van passes through a waterlogged road after the valley received heavy rainfall, in Srinagar on March 29, 2015.
Men remove water from a water-logged shop after incessant rains in Srinagar on March 29, 2015.

A man throws his belongings towards another to be moved to a safer place at a flooded neighbourhood after incessant rains in Srinagar on March 30, 2015.
A woman is carried to a safer place from her partially submerged house after incessant rains in Srinagar on March 30, 2015.
Vehicles pass through submerged bridge in a flooded Larkipora area in Jammu and Kashmir.