Overview

• Roughly 65 fatalities have been confirmed in Kishtwar’s Chisoti/Chashoti disaster, with about 33–36 people still unaccounted for as multi-agency teams continue round-the-clock searches.
• Rescuers are combing three primary impact zones and a 22-km stream corridor using heavy machinery, controlled blasts, sniffer dogs and all-terrain vehicles, with DNA testing underway for recovered remains.
• Army engineers restored limited connectivity with a temporary Bailey bridge, while officers deployed by the Jammu & Kashmir administration supervise operations on the ground.
• The Machail Mata yatra remains suspended, though the sacred Chhari proceeded with a small 15-member group under tight oversight.
• Late Friday, a cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli damaged homes and markets, blocked key roads and left at least two people missing, prompting SDRF, police and BRO response under an IMD orange alert.