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Death toll climbs to 77 in Kashmir, 203 in Jammu
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Srinagar, September 19, (Scoop News)-The death toll due to the floods in Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to 280 even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today expressed hope that the toll would not be as high as feared earlier.
Meanwhile Police said that the rescue workers have so far recovered 77 bodies from different parts of Kashmir Valley.

Death Toll during the recent floods

Srinagar
East 03
West 07
North 03
South 24
Hazratbal 02
Total 39

Anantnag 08
Kulgam 09
Shopian 02
Pulwama Nil
Awantipora 04
Baramulla Nil
Sopore Nil
Bandipora 03
Kupwara 04
Handwara Nil
Budgam 06
Ganderbal 02



Total casualties 77



Omar said,"The death toll in Jammu is 203 including the 44 members of a marriage party who are missing since there bus as washed away (in Rajouri district)," He said the rescue workers have so far recovered 77 bodies from different parts of Kashmir Valley.

"Other than the 44 persons from Jammu, we do not have many people reported missing. If there would have been, we would have got to know by as communication systems have started working," he said.
Omar also dismissed rumours that dogs were eating bodies of flood victims or that some bodies had swept away to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). "There is no truth in these rumours," he added.
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