Overview

• Five people were killed and 14 injured when a landslide struck the Vaishno Devi track near Ardhkuwari, prompting suspension of the pilgrimage and evacuations by shrine, security and NDRF teams.
• Traffic on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) was suspended over roughly 250 km after rockfalls in Ramban district, with vehicle movement halted between Udhampur and Qazigund.
• A cloudburst in Doda’s Thathri area was reported to have killed four people and destroyed more than ten houses, as relief and rescue operations continued in the affected zone.
• The India Meteorological Department issued red and orange alerts for Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and north coastal Andhra, warning of heavy rain, flash floods and landslides through August 27.
• Jammu division authorities closed schools and postponed exams, rivers including the Tawi and Ravi ran high, and the Army and police joined NDRF in rescuing people from flooded neighborhoods.