LIVE updates on Jammu and Kashmir floods: Army chief General Suhag to visit Srinagar today to review rescue operations
An aerial view shows buildings partially submerged in flood water in Srinagar. Photo: PTI.Jammu
and Kashmir is battling one of the worst floods in decades with rivers
in the region in spate due to days of incessant rain. Over 200 people have died and thousands are stranded across the state, including Srinagar.
Here are live updates on the flood situation in the state:
10:40 am: More than 250 government employees of Jammu, including 90 women and children are trapped in government quarters in Tulsi Bagh, opposite Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar.
10:16 am: Neither I have brought rain nor I can stop it. No time for politics today. If they (opposition) have solution to the problem then they can inform me: Omar Abdullah.
10:13 am: The flood situation is very serious in the state, says Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah.
10:04 am: General Suhag would take stock of relief and relief operations being conducted by Army, IAF and NDRF and will be briefed by GOC-in-C Lt Gen DS Hooda.
In pics: Jammu and Kashmir battles floods
09:57 am: Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag to visit flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir to review rescue operations.
09:30 am: No rescue operation has been launched in south Kashmir area in Valley where massive devastation has taken place. The area includes Pulwama, Pampore, Kakpura, Lathipora, Sangam and Awantiputa.
09:15 am: BJP unit of Jammu and Kashmir demands separate communication centre which could provide names of rescued people so that their kin are free from agonising worries.
09:00 am: Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to further speed up relief and rescue operations in flood-affected Jammu and Kashmir. In pics: Kashmir faces worst flooding in more than five decades
A tourist is airlifted from the roof of a hotel in Srinagar. Photo: PTI.08:50 am: Government will reach out to all people for rescuing them and then rehabilitate them: Omar Abdullah.08:45 am: Weather condition is improving and the water level has receded in Srinagar and other towns in south Kashmir: GoC 15 Corps Lt Gen Subrata Saha.
08:30 am: A total of 61 IAF choppers and transport aircraft undertook 451 sorties non-stop overnight to carry men and relief material to submerged parts of the Valley where about one lakh troops were engaged in the rescue operations: Defence Spokesman Col SD Goswami.
08:20 am: An estimated four lakh people are believed to be still stranded in the aftermath of the floods: Official. In pics: When floods turned paradise into hell
08:15 am: BSNL launches an operation on a war-footing with Army and IAF to restore mobile services through satellite network.
People sit with their belongings on the banks of Tawi river on the outskirts of Jammu. Photo: PTI.08:10 am: Telecom network is expected to be partially restored today.08:00 am: Additional water bottles are being airlifted from Delhi and Chandigarh.
07:55 am: Helicopters and aircraft of Indian Air Force have so far airdropped 563 tonnes of relief material.
07:50 am: 80 medical teams of Armed Forces Medical Services have swung into action.
SHYAM KISHOR SINGH
PGDM 3rd sem
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