Overview

• No regular arrivals or departures at Jammu, Katra or Udhampur for four days, with Northern Railway confirming 38 cancellations on Friday.
• Multiple bridges and tracks suffered major damage, including Bridge 17 (Kathua–Madhopur) and Bridge 137 (Hiranagar–Ghagwal), and full double-track restoration is expected to take three to four weeks.
• Authorities plan two specials from Jammu today—one towards UP–Bihar and one to Delhi—targeted to depart around 15:00 and 17:00.
• The Jammu–Srinagar highway is shut for a fifth day due to landslides, while Mughal Road runs one-way and the Kishtwar–Sinthan–Anantnag route is open only for light vehicles.
• IMD forecasts more rain through 2 September with warnings for flash floods and landslides, as urban power recovers but rural outages and water shortages persist.