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J&K floods: Over 13,500 residential houses damaged, CM urges Centre to release relief funds
NF Times
|September 24, 2025
Over 13500 residential houses were damaged in recent floods in Jammu and Kashmir, rendering thousands of families homeless. In view of the large scale of destruction, Omar Abdullah government would seek a relief package for flood affected people from the central government. The heavy floods caused large-scale devastation across Jammu and Kashmir. The floods claimed 155 lives while 33 are still missing. The Jammu region was worst hit by the floods caused by incessant and torrential rains. According to Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, the floods claimed the lives of 150 people and left 178 others injured in the region.
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In the Chesoti village of Kishtwar, where the cloudburst caused by heavy rains triggered flash floods on August 14, 33 people are still missing. 70 people have been killed in the cloudburst in the village. “Over 12800 residential houses were damaged in the Jammu region. Of them 4200 houses were fully damaged while over 8,600 were partially damaged,” the Divisional Commissioner said.
This story is from the September 24, 2025 edition of NF Times.
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