The cloudburst that occurred around 5.30 pm on Friday brought heavy rain and thick streams of silt rolled down the valley from the hill slopes. According to officials, heavy water entered the base camp outside the shrine in south Kashmir, damaging 25 tents and three community kitchens where food is served to pilgrims.
The cloudburst that occurred around 5.30 pm on Friday brought heavy rain and thick streams of silt rolled down the valley from the hill slopes. According to officials, heavy water entered the base camp outside the shrine in south Kashmir, damaging 25 tents and three community kitchens where food is served to pilgrims.
At least 13 people, mainly Amarnath pilgrimsSeveral people were killed and dozens went missing after flash floods triggered landslides near Baltal base camp in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal area on Friday.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday launched a helpline for the Amarnath Yatra, which was shut down after a cloudburst near the holy cave killed 10 people and left several others missing.
Many political leaders have expressed concern over the cloudburst near the Amarnath temple.
Amid tight security, a tenth batch of over 6,100 Amarnath pilgrims left for the double base camps of the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas on Friday, officials said.
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9:29 am
Death toll 15. touched the
Despite inclement weather and fresh rain, rescue operations by helicopter services and dog squads were intensified on Saturday morning near the Amarnath cave shrine, where the death toll due to flash floods rose to 15 and many more were missing.
Sources said two military helicopters carrying rescue equipment and dog squads managed to land near the cave temple between 6:45 am and 7:15 am.
Initial reports suggested that seven of the 15 casualties were female pilgrims. Officials said around 60 people were in the area where the flash floods on Friday afternoon affected tents, community kitchens and kiosks. The six rescued pilgrims are being treated at an army medical camp at Nilagar helipad.
9:17 am
ITBP says 15,000 stranded pilgrims were evacuated
An ITBP spokesperson said on Saturday that at least 15,000 pilgrims, who were stranded near the Amarnath holy cave in Jammu and Kashmir due to flash floods triggered by a cloudburst, have been shifted to the lower base camp at Panjtarni.
He said that the Border Security Force has opened its routes from the lower part of the holy cave to Panjtarni and the security forces have also expanded.
9:15 am
Rescue work continues overnight near Amarnath cave temple
Six pilgrims were evacuated by Army helicopters on Saturday as rescue operations continued overnight near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath after a cloudburst caused floods that swept away at least 13 people, officials said. Went.
June 8
Amarnath tragedy result of extreme localized rain event: IMD
The India Meteorological Department said on Friday that the deaths and destruction near the Amarnath cave temple in south Kashmir were due to an event of extreme localized rainfall.
According to meteorologists, 31 mm of rain was recorded in the temple between 4.30 pm and 6.30 pm on Friday. At least 13 people died and mud and rocks were washed away in tents and community kitchens near the temple, which were toppled by gusts of water following the rain.
June 8
Saddened by the news of cloudburst near Amarnath Dham: President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said he was distressed to learn that several people lost their lives in a cloudburst near the Amarnath temple in Jammu and Kashmir, and expressed condolences to the bereaved families.
He said that relief and rescue measures are in full swing to help the stranded people and hoped that the journey will resume soon.
June 8
Spoke to JK LG, all possible help being given: PM Modi on cloudburst near Amarnath cave
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on cloudburst near Amarnath cave in south Kashmir Himalayas and said all possible help was being provided to the affected.
At least 10 people were killed in a cloudburst on Friday evening, damaging 25 tents and three community kitchens, officials said. He said that the cloud burst at around 5.30 pm amid heavy rain.