New Delhi: Four people were killed and around 36 others were lost and afraid of death in the cloud exploding in Kistwar Regency, officials said. Reports reached that Cloud exploded reaching Honjar Dacchan, swept six houses and depots of rations.
Immediately after getting news, police, troops, NDRF, civil administration and local residents launched rescue operations, they said. SSP Kishtwar Shafqat Bhat said that four bodies had recovered while a number of people, with reports came in suggesting about 36, missing.
He said efforts were tracking missing people. The official source said that missing people were feared dead.
The water level in most rivers and nallah continues to increase and most of the rivers / nallah are very flooded, due to the rainfall that is unrelenting and severe in Kiswar Regency, the district police said in a statement. People are advised to stay at home and don’t move close to any river / nallah.
In an emergency, people can contact the following officers and the helpline number given below:
SSP KISTWAR 9419119202,
ADL. Sp kishtwar +919469181254,
DY.SP HQRS +919622640198,
Sdpo atholi +919858512348,
Sho Kishtwar +919149695883,
Sho Chatroo 9906253546,
Sho PS Atholi 9419214272,
PCr Kishtwar 9906154100,
Erss 112.
Four bodies have recovered in Dachhan. They have been identified as: Begum W / O Ghulam Mohd, Rakita W / O Zubair, Ghulam Prophet S / O Rasool Tantray, Abdul Majid S / O Nazir Ahmed.
