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Ongoing Land Sinking in Poonch’s Kalaban Forces Relocation of Nearly 70 Families

Officials attribute the slope failure to recent heavy rain with inadequate drainage cited as a factor.

Overview

  • District authorities and SDRF teams are moving residents to relatives’ homes and shelter camps, with food and essential services arranged and livestock shifted from risk zones.
  • Ground movement continues in the hillside village, and officials say evacuation to safer locations remains the immediate priority as the site is monitored.
  • Damage assessments vary, with reports of more than 25 houses collapsed and 15–20 others cracked, and officials earlier counting roughly 50 total structures affected.
  • Community facilities including three school buildings, a mosque, a graveyard, and the access road have also suffered damage, compounding disruption for residents.
  • J-K minister Javed Ahmad Rana visited the area, pledged relief and compensation, and asked for proposals for temporary resettlement and longer-term relocation, as the region contends with broader rain-triggered landslides that recently shut NH-44 for days.