Overview

• A landslide near Ardhkuwari on the Vaishno Devi track killed five people and injured 14, prompting Shrine Board, security forces and NDRF teams to move pilgrims to safety.
• Authorities temporarily suspended the Vaishno Devi yatra and closed sections of the route as debris and large boulders blocked the track.
• A cloudburst in Doda’s Thathri area destroyed more than 10 houses, with relief and rescue work underway and no fatalities reported there so far.
• Traffic on the Jammu–Srinagar national highway was halted after rockfalls at Ramban stretches, with vehicles stopped at Udhampur and Qazigund as a precaution.
• Rivers swelled across the Jammu region, with the Tawi crossing its 20‑foot danger level and Ravi and Chenab near warning marks, as IMD issued early‑morning red and orange heavy‑rain alerts and the Jammu administration shut schools and postponed exams through 27 August.