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Delhi suspicious of militants spreading anti-Indian feelings in J&K flood aftermath

Delhi suspicious of militants spreading anti-Indian feelings in J&K flood aftermath

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-09-04 11:47 GMT
In a vindication of Delhi's suspicions that Pakistan-leaning militants were stoking anger and anti-India feelings among the local populace in the aftermath of one of the biggest tragedies to unfold in Kashmir's 60 year history, a group of tourists
Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both. They have fought three wars, two of them over control of Kashmir, since winning independence from Britain in 1947.
Parts of Srinagar were also flooded. In Bemina, a large neighborhood, thousands of residents waded through ankle-high water that entered their homes. Authorities evacuated 5,000 people from the neighborhood and 100 others were believed to be
Landslides and floods are common in India during the monsoon season, which runs from June through September.
Soldiers and rescue workers used boats to move thousands of people to higher ground. At least 100 villages across the Kashmir valley were flooded by overflowing lakes and rivers, including the Jhelum river, which was up to 1.5 meters (4 feet) above
Police officer Imtiyaz Hussain said the 14 victims were swept away by floodwaters or buried by mud from mountain slopes. They included a paramilitary officer whose bunker collapsed on him.
At least 14 people have died in the past two days, and authorities closed schools and colleges and stopped train services in the area on Thursday. Meteorologists said the heavy rains were likely to continue for another two days.
The region's wedding season has been disrupted by heavy rains and the worst floods in 22 years, and many ceremonies have been postponed.
The bus reportedly had a capacity of only 54 people. Shantmanu said rescue efforts were being hampered by heavy rain and strong currents.
A woman carries her belongings and escape to higher land after flood waters swept her temporary tent in Srinagar. (Photo: AP)
Rescuers were searching for the bus but had not been able to locate it in the gushing waters, said Shantmanu, who uses only one name. The passengers were on their way to a wedding ceremony in a village in the Rajouri region, about 180 kilometers (
An overcrowded bus carrying wedding guests was swept away Thursday by a flooded stream in the Indian-held portion of Kashmir and about 70 people were missing, a state official said. Photo: AP
Rescue workers paddle a boat past a submerged truck as they leave a flooded neighborhood. This flooding has been reported as the worst flooding in 22 years.
Indian army soldiers walk through a flooded road during a rescue operation in Srinagar. At least 100 villages across the Kashmir valley were flooded by overflowing lakes and rivers.
Vehicles move at flooded Srinagar-Jammu National Highway after incessant rains in Srinagar.
In Jammu, frontier districts of Poonch and Rajouri and also Doda, Kishtwar, Reasi, Udhampur and Ramban have seen incidents of house collapses, leaving more than 15 people dead.
A Kashmiri woman cries as she looks at a road covered with floodwater in Srinagar. (Photo: AP)
The Prakasam Barrage on the River Krishna.
A message posted on twitter by the Union home ministry said that the National Disaster Respo-nse Force (NDRF) teams have been dispatched to the site to help with search and rescue operation.
On Thursday afternoon, Jhelum touched 21.8 feet level against danger level of 18 feet at Ram Munchi Bagh in Srinagar. Total discharge of the river was at 70,000 cusecs against normal of 25,000C.
A bus with 35 passengers on board was on Thursday washed away in Rajouri district. Officials said that six passengers have been rescued and rest all are feared dead.
The Army’s Srinagar-based 15 (Chinar) Corps has launched ‘Operation Sahayata’ to rescue people trapped in inundated areas across the Valley.
Flash floods caused by incessant rains over the past three days killed twenty two people in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Army and IAF have joined the relief efforts and Centre has rushed in eight teams of NDRF for rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit parts of Jammu and Kashmir, especially in the Kashmir Valley.
At least 88 people have lost their lives due to floods in the state. The Home Minister is also accompanied by Secretary (Border Management) Snehlata Kumar and Additional Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
The water level in Rambiara stream in Shopian district was also seen rising fast. Flood situation in Rajouri, Reasi and Udhampur districts continues to be grim.
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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inspecting the flood affected areas at Beerwah in Badgam district on Monday. (Photo: PTI)
The water level in Rambiara stream in Shopian district was also seen rising fast. Flood situation in Rajouri, Reasi and Udhampur districts continues to be grim. At least 100 people have lost their lives due to floods in the state.
More than 5,000 persons have been rescued and evacuated to safety. "We have set up temporary camps at several places for the displaced persons," he added.
NDRF moves two more teams from Bathinda, one each for Srinagar and Jammu regions for rescue & relief work in flood-affected areas.
The flood situation in Kashmir was as worse as the Uttarakhand floods last year and Army has mobilised 60 columns for relief and rescue work across the valley, he said.
A boat carrying a team of Army personnel, who were on relief and rescue operation in Pamopore area of Pulwama district, capsized and were trapped in strong water currents in Jhelum River, the official said.
The unmanned boat that was found on the Kodiakarai coast in Nagapattinam. - DC
At least nine Army personnel, including an officer, were on Saturday trapped in strong water currents of Jhelum River as their boat capsized during a rescue operation in flood-affected Pulwama district of Kashmir, an Army official said.
Residents look on from a rooftop as raging water from the overflowing Tawi river inundates a temple in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Incessant rains and flooding across the state have left more than 150 people dead. (Photo: AFP)
Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both. They have fought three wars, two of them over control of Kashmir, since winning independence from Britain in 1947.
The decision on the Prime Minister's visit came following a review meeting which he called after being briefed yesterday by Home Minister Rajnath Singh who returned to the national capital after surveying the flood-affected regions, the Prime
Modi, who arrived here this morning, held the meeting at Jammu's Technical Airport and was briefed by Abdullah on the devastation caused by the floods which have claimed 116 lives, officials said. The Prime Minister is scheduled to undertake an
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed the flood situation in Jammu region at a high-level meeting attended by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and top officials.
The Headquarters, Western Air Command, has also opened a disaster monitoring cell to coordinate between the efforts of all its bases, including Srinagar, Udhampur, Jammu and Sarsawa, apart from the fixed wing effort of other bases, he said.
The Vaishno Devi shrine yatra remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day with authorities saying the pilgrimage would resume only after the weather improves. “The IAF Command has alerted all its bases to be at a high state of readiness to
Photograph for representational purposes only. (Photo: DC)
IAF has alerted all its bases to maintain a high state of readiness to respond to the crisis and has committed 29 planes and choppers into the relief efforts.
Rescuers were searching for the bus but had not been able to locate it in the gushing waters, said Shantmanu, who uses only one name. The passengers were on their way to a wedding ceremony in a village in the Rajouri region, about 180 kilometers (
The death toll in Jammu and Kashmir following the floods has risen to 150 people. Mr Abdullah said, “We will now focus more on relief and rehabilitation. The situation is slowly going back to normalcy in Jammu while in Kashmir the situation has
Talking of the death toll, he said, "No exact figures regarding death toll can be given. Situation of Srinagar will get clear only when the water level will go down."
Talking of the unexpected high level rains, he said, "It is estimated that the area receives around 110 mm of rain in one month. But from 1st September to 6th September the rainfall was more than 400 mm. How can we prepare for something like this?
"Till now the material collection process has been much slow. It takes time to collect material. But now it has speeded up. Air Force has put their biggest planes into this. There is no time when a helicopter is not taking off or landing here," he
Abdullah said, "The fact cannot be denied that the situation is very serious. Everyone is trying to reach the affected people as soon as possible. Everybody including Army, Air Force, NDRF, police, CRPF, BSF and civil administration is trying to
Tourists from Europe who arrived by chartered flights at the Cochin international airport. -DC
Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag is scheduled to visit the city to review the flood situation and take stock of the rescue and relief operations by the armed forces in the flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley.
Water levels have started receding in Srinagar city, one of the worst hit by the deluge, facilitating rescue workers to pluck out another 29,000 persons to safety but four lakh people were on Wednesday still waiting for help in the flood-ravaged
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday termed the situation serious in the area as lakhs of people are still stranded in floodwater.
Scaling up rescue work, Army and IAF have deployed 329 columns and 79 aircraft and helicopters to evacuate those stranded and provide food and medicines.
Flood-affected people row boats past partially submerged buildings in floodwaters in Srinagar. The flooding began earlier this month in Kashmir, where it has caused landslides and submerged much of the main city of Srinagar, on the Indian-
Tears roll down the cheeks of a relative of a seriously ill tourist as they hold him inside an Indian air force helicopter after being rescued from a flooded neighborhood in Srinagar (Photo: AP)
A mother carrying a child cries while evacuating her home along the flooded Chenab River, in Jhang, Pakistan (Photo: AP)
A man comforts his sick mother after she was rescued by Indian army soldiers and civilians in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir (Photo: AP)
Around 200 people have lost their lives in the floods in J-K while as many as 82,000 people from the affected areas have been evacuated by the armed forces.
Chairing a high-level emergency meeting to review relief operations in the state on Wednesday Mr Modi had emphasised that immediate attention will be given to providing basic necessities like food and water to people severely hit by the calamity.
Prime Minister Modi had directed officials to provide total support to the state government to enable it step-up rescue and relief operations and had stressed on the need to quickly reach essential commodities to those affected.
The gesture is to express their solidarity with the flood -affected people of J-K, a PMO statement said.
All officers and staff of the Prime Minister’s Office have voluntarily contributed their one day’s salary to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir.
More relief materials, including blankets, tents, water bottles and food packets, are being airlifted from Hyderabad, Vadodara and Delhi.
To avoid similar mishaps in future district collector should coordinate safety measures.
But the 12 km trek to the helipad proved more dangerous than they had anticipated as enroute, they were surrounded threateningly by some of the locals. "We lost most of our belongings,"Mr Basavaraj recalled ruefully.
He went on to say," We were all marooned inside the hotel room and starved for four days, surviving on just two litres of water. Finally, we were told the army had arrived to rescue tourists and directed to the helipad."
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, soon after he landed in Bengaluru, after days of being at the mercy of an unhelpful Kashmiri staff at a local hotel, Basavaraj, 59, resident of Sudhamanagar said: "We were staying in a hotel near the golf course in
Delhi suspicious of militants spreading anti-Indian feelings in J&K flood aftermath

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