Overview

• A major slide near Ardhkuwari on the Vaishno Devi track prompted a suspension of the pilgrimage, with multiple deaths and injuries reported and casualty figures still being updated.
• Traffic on the Jammu–Srinagar all‑weather highway was stopped after rockfalls and debris in Ramban district, cutting a key road link as authorities worked to clear stretches.
• Cloudbursts and flooding hit Doda and other districts, rivers ran at or above danger levels, several homes were destroyed, and schools and board exams were ordered shut with some recruitment tests postponed.
• PM Narendra Modi expressed condolences over the shrine route deaths, as the administration issued high alerts and opened Tarakote as an alternate path for stranded devotees.
• Severe weather disrupted broader Himalayan corridors, with 690 roads shut in Himachal Pradesh by Tuesday morning and landslides damaging vehicles on the Balipara–Tawang route in Arunachal Pradesh, as IMD warnings for flash floods and slides remained in effect.