Overview

• Officials reported at least 31 fatalities and 23 injuries on the Ardhkuwari–Trikuta stretch, with search teams working through the debris for possible missing persons.
• The Vaishno Devi yatra remains halted and key sections of the track are closed as Shrine Board staff, police, NDRF, SDRF and Army personnel move devotees to shelters.
• More than 3,500 residents have been evacuated in flood-hit areas, schools in the Jammu division are shut through August 27, scheduled board exams are postponed and telecom outages persist in several districts.
• The Jammu–Srinagar highway is closed after slides and falling rocks, Northern Railway has canceled 22 trains and short-terminated 27 services, and flooding on the Chakki river has halted traffic on the Pathankot–Kandror i section, though the Katra–Srinagar rail link remains open.
• Heavy rain damaged bridges, power lines and mobile towers across Jammu, river levels are elevated, and forecasters warn of further downpours that could complicate ongoing relief operations.