Overview

• Overnight torrents in Chamoli’s Tharali pushed debris into homes, markets and the tehsil complex, with two people reported missing as SDRF and NDRF teams deployed and key roads blocked.
• Officials said a 20-year-old woman was buried under rubble in Sagwara and a man was missing near Chepdon, as the chief minister reported continuous monitoring and relief camps were readied.
• In Kishtwar’s Chashoti, multi‑agency teams continued searching for roughly 36 missing people a week after the flash flood that left about 65 dead, expanding checks along the 22 km stream, Dool dam and the Chenab.
• Giant boulders and deep debris are slowing recoveries in Kishtwar, prompting controlled blasts, rock‑cutters and heavy machines, while Army engineers restored limited access with a temporary bailey bridge and all‑terrain vehicles.
• The Machail Mata Yatra remains suspended, with only a small Chhari procession allowed, as authorities pursue DNA identification of recovered remains and say the exact trigger—cloudburst or an outburst flood—has not yet been determined.