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Death toll climbs to 77 in Kashmir, 203 in Jammu | State slowly moving back to normalcy:CM | 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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