Ten People Dead After Massive Cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir

Ten persons are feared dead in a massive cloudburst that struck a remote village en route to the Machail Mata yatra in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.

The cloudburst hit Chasoti, the last motorable village en route to the Machail Mata shrine.

Annual yatra to the shrine has been suspended



following the incident as authorities mobilised all resources and are heading to the scene to conduct a massive rescue and relief operation, the officials said.

Deputy commissioner, Kishtwar, Pankaj Kumar Sharma, along with Senior Superintendent of Police Naresh Singh, are on their way to the cloudburst-hit area to supervise the rescue operation, the officials said.