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Heavy Rain in J&K: Due to landslides between Udhampur and Banihal, major roads including Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for the second day. Educational institutions in the valley and Jammu region remained closed due to bad weather.
Heavy Rain in J&K: On Wednesday, heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir killed mother and daughter. While 40 people got caught in the flood in Akhnoor. SDRF took out all the people trapped. Officials said that after heavy rains in Anantnag district, the police rescued 25 nomadic families trapped under a bridge. Due to rain, the water level of rivers, drains and small rivers has increased, which are already flowing close to or above the danger mark. At the same time, due to landslides between Udhampur and Banihal, major roads including Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for the second day. Educational institutions in the valley and Jammu region remained closed due to bad weather. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reviewed the situation arising out of continuous rain. CM Abdullah instructed the administration to intensify relief and rescue, clean waterlogging areas, protect essential services, timely withdrawal in important areas and provide immediate relief.
Defend SDRFF
Continuous rains killed a mother-daughter in Kangri village of Sundarbani in Rajouri district in the early hours of Wednesday. Both died after falling the roof of their house. Officials said that at least 40 people were trapped in Garkhal village of Akhnoor due to the rise of the Chenab river. He said that the state disaster response force (SDRF)) And the police teams have been sent to the village to take them to a safe place. Due to continuous heavy rains, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian and many areas of South Kashmir have been flooded. A spokesman for the Anantnag District Police said that the Anantnag police carried out a rapid rescue operation in Ang Anjwala and took out 25 nomadic families trapped due to a sudden increase in Liddar drain. He said that immediate relief was provided to the families extracted. Officials said the police rescued five nomadic families from Brajlu village after increasing the water level in Vaishov drain on Tuesday night in the neighboring Kulgam district. Emergency helpline has been set up in various police station areas of South Kashmir where the water level in water bodies is increasing considerably.
Traffic closed from Bhagwati Nagar Tawi bridge
The police and civil administration have advised the general public not to get closer to the reservoirs. During the last 27 hours, there was 46.1 mm of rain till 11.30 am on Wednesday. At 1 pm, Jhelum’s upstream gauge reading at the confluence of Anantnag was close to the danger mark of 25 feet and the downstream in Ram Munshibag in Srinagar was about 17 feet, which was just one feet below the warning level and four feet below the danger mark. Officials said that the gauge reading of the Jhelum river in Ashram in North Kashmir was 8.59 feet below the warning level. The water level of the rivers of Jammu region is increasing due to the continuation of rain. At 8 am on Wednesday morning, the water level in the Tawi river of Jammu was 15 feet, which is one feet above the danger mark. He said that the fourth Tawi bridge near Bhagwati Nagar in the city was closed for the movement of vehicles late Tuesday evening as a precaution. The bridge was damaged in the record rains on 26 August and the army restored the contact by constructing the Bailey Bridge on 29 August. The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rains in Rajouri, Jammu, Kathua, Reasi, Doda, Udhampur and Ramban districts during the next 14-16 hours.
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