Overview

• In Kashmir, levels on the Jhelum and key tributaries declined, with authorities reporting gauges below danger at several points as Omar Abdullah ordered embankment reinforcement, evacuations and round-the-clock monitoring, and released ₹5 crore for relief.
• Essential supplies are moving via Mughal Road with the Srinagar–Jammu highway expected to reopen by Saturday, and about 9,000 people were evacuated from Budgam after a breach at Shalina.
• Jammu’s Tawi Filtration Plant resumed operations; 240 of 255 tube wells are functional, 90 water tankers have been deployed, and a 24/7 control room is handling public grievances.
• Punjab reported 1,902 villages inundated, more than 3.8 lakh people affected, over 11.7 lakh hectares of farmland damaged and at least 43 deaths, as emergency repairs advanced on the Ghaggar embankment near Bhankarpur.
• Government sources said the Prime Minister will visit several affected states to review relief with no schedule announced, while Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan blamed illegal mining for weakened bunds and opposition leaders sought a judicial probe into BBMB’s dam management.