Overview

• Official tallies report more than 60 confirmed fatalities, over 100 injured and 69 people still missing after Thursday’s flash floods struck Chositi village.
• The Indian Army’s White Knight Corps, NDRF, SDRF, police and volunteers have rescued at least 167 people but continue to face constraints due to washed-away roads and poor weather.
• The annual Machail Mata pilgrimage has been suspended and Jammu and Kashmir authorities have canceled Independence Day social events in response to the disaster.
• Meteorological Centre Srinagar has issued warnings of more heavy rain, cloudbursts and landslides across the Jammu division, heightening risks for ongoing operations.
• GMC Jammu, backed by specialist teams from PGI Chandigarh, has prepared 50 disaster beds, 20 ventilator beds and stocked over 200 units of blood to treat hundreds of injured pilgrims.