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Vaishno Devi Landslide Death Toll Rises to 30 as Rains Cripple Jammu and Kashmir

Ongoing multi-agency searches face delays from washed-out roads plus broken communications.

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Overview

  • Reasi police, quoted by ANI, reported at least 30 fatalities from the Adhkwari landslide near Inderprastha Bhojnalaya, with over 20 injured and more feared trapped.
  • Pilgrim movement to the shrine has been suspended and the Shrine Board has issued helplines for devotees to reschedule visits.
  • Indian Army relief columns, along with NDRF and SDRF teams, are conducting rescues across affected districts as thousands are evacuated from flooded low-lying areas.
  • Transport and connectivity have been severely hit, with the JammuSrinagar highway blocked, the JammuPathankot route damaged, at least 18 trains cancelled, some flights halted and mobile internet largely down due to fibre cuts.
  • Rivers remain above danger marks, with the Madhopur barrage on the Ravi crossing one lakh cusecs and flooding Kathua, as the IMD warns of further heavy rain, thunderstorms, landslides and flash-flood risk.