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‘Infrastructure damage in J-K floods could touch Rs 6K crore’
Jammu and Kashmir has suffered massive damage to its public infrastructure due to the worst floods it has faced in more than a century and officials say that the State would need at least Rs 5,000 crore to rebuild the same.
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Forces lose arms, ammunition in floods
SRINAGAR: When calamity strikes, it does not discriminate. This was on ample display when floods ravaged Kashmir.
Along with civilian population, security forces deployed here from various parts of the country were also hit badly. They lost…
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Rains briefly hit relief operations, another 60,000 evacuated
SRINAGAR: Relief operations in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir were briefly hampered this morning due to rains even as the Armed forces and NDRF rescued another 60,000 people trapped in flood waters in Kashmir Valley.
Over one lakh people are…
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To restore calm, Armed Police from Jammu airlifted to Valley
SRINAGAR: In the wake of attacks on rescue teams of NDRF and army, two battalions of Armed Police have been airlifted from Jammu to flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley to maintain law and order.
A week after floods battered Srinagar, policemen are…
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Relief material dispatched to Srinagar via Sinthan Top
KISHTWAR: As the massive calamity has struck the Kashmir valley causing enormous loss of lives and property, District Development Commissioner, Kishtwar, Mohd Javed Khan has not only restored the solitary link via Sinthan to Kashmir Valley…
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Relief operation continues by army as fresh landslide hamper restoration work
RAMBAN: As relief and rescue operation continued on Sunday, fresh landslide at Ramsu hampered the reconstruction work of Border Roads Organisation. Jammu – Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the eleventh consecutive day.
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District administration, 187 Bn CRPF distribute relief
UDHAMPUR: To provide succour and relief to flood affected people under operation Ehsaas, the district administration in coordination with 187 Bn Central Reserve of Police Force(CRPF), at Battal Ballian Udhampur jointly organised a relief…
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ARMY’S OPERATION MEGH RAHAT ENTERS THIRTEENTH DAY
Operation Megh Rahat continues with same intensity as more and more resources and aid material is pumped into the valley. In their relentless operation the Army alone has rescued more than 1.2 Lakh people and the number is…
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Ahmed hospital performs 95 surgeries in 5 days
Srinagar: The 25-bed Ahmad Hospital on Nowgam bypass area of Srinagar outskirts in the last five days has performed more than 95 surgeries, most of them free of cost.
With every other hospitals in the city inundated in J&K's worst…
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Bhalla for dewatering Srinagar city areas
SRINAGAR: Minister for Housing, Horticulture, Cultural, Youth Services and Sports, Raman Bhalla on Sunday conducted a tour to flood hit areas of Srinagar city included Tulsi Bagh, Ramb Bagh, Raj Bagh, Jawahar Nagar, Indira Nagar, Dalgate…
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