Flood-hit Areas In Jammu

More than 70 people and some BSF troops were rescued by security personnel from flash flood affected Niki Tawi area in Jammu with many rivers overflowing due to incessant heavy rain.

A modified Bell helicopter, belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Aviation Department, played a vital role in rescuing people from flood-hit areas in the Valley and saved as many as 261 marooned people, stranded at different places.

Providing relief to flood-hit people of Jammu and Kashmir is a priority area for the Narendra Modi government. But the Vice-Chancellor of a university in Ujjain was attacked on Monday, allegedly by radical saffron groups, for asking students to help the people in J&K.

Certain areas in Kashmir Valley, which has witnessed its worst floods in 100 years, could be susceptible to the outbreak of diseases, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said.

With the weather condition improving in Jammu and Kashmir, rescue and relief operations resumed in flood-hit areas of the state. All the air operations were halted earlier today because of the rain, triggering panic among the residents. Officials say over 200 people have been killed in the worst floods in the state in over a century; about 1.5 lakh...

The Indian Air Force has scaled back for the day, rescue operations that involve winching up stranded people into helicopters, after angry residents pelted stones at their choppers in several areas of flood-hit Srinagar today. Security forces believe separatist elements are provoking crowds, sources said.

With some areas of Jammu and Kashmir still cut off, social media updates are being used to try to get the information out, and in some cases plead for help.

Nearly 150 have died in Jammu and Kashmir which is witnessing its worst flood in 50 years. The Army has launched a major rescue operation and evacuated 11,000 people to safety by deploying 100 columns of troops in flood-hit areas of the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Jammu today and held a review meeting to assess the flood situation. ...

As Jammu and Kashmir faced the worst flood in nearly six decades, Army has launched a major rescue operation and evacuated 11,000 people to safety by deploying 100 columns of troops in flood-hit areas of the state.

More than 70 people and some BSF troops were rescued by security personnel from flash flood affected Niki Tawi area in Jammu with many rivers overflowing due to incessant heavy rain.

A modified Bell helicopter, belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Aviation Department, played a vital role in rescuing people from flood-hit areas in the Valley and saved as many as 261 marooned people, stranded at different places.

Providing relief to flood-hit people of Jammu and Kashmir is a priority area for the Narendra Modi government. But the Vice-Chancellor of a university in Ujjain was attacked on Monday, allegedly by radical saffron groups, for asking students to help the people in J&K.

Certain areas in Kashmir Valley, which has witnessed its worst floods in 100 years, could be susceptible to the outbreak of diseases, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said.

With the weather condition improving in Jammu and Kashmir, rescue and relief operations resumed in flood-hit areas of the state. All the air operations were halted earlier today because of the rain, triggering panic among the residents. Officials say over 200 people have been killed in the worst floods in the state in over a century; about 1.5 lakh...

The Indian Air Force has scaled back for the day, rescue operations that involve winching up stranded people into helicopters, after angry residents pelted stones at their choppers in several areas of flood-hit Srinagar today. Security forces believe separatist elements are provoking crowds, sources said.

With some areas of Jammu and Kashmir still cut off, social media updates are being used to try to get the information out, and in some cases plead for help.

Nearly 150 have died in Jammu and Kashmir which is witnessing its worst flood in 50 years. The Army has launched a major rescue operation and evacuated 11,000 people to safety by deploying 100 columns of troops in flood-hit areas of the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Jammu today and held a review meeting to assess the flood situation. ...

As Jammu and Kashmir faced the worst flood in nearly six decades, Army has launched a major rescue operation and evacuated 11,000 people to safety by deploying 100 columns of troops in flood-hit areas of the state.