{"id":3619,"date":"2026-07-20T20:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3619"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:18:12","slug":"j-rescuers-dig-through-debris-as-rain-threat-persists-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3619","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K flood toll climbs to 28 as fresh deaths hit Poonch, Doda; rescuers dig through debris as rain threat persists | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132523902,imgsize-203119,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/rescuers-dig-through-debris-as-rain-threat-persists-pti-images.jpg\" alt=\"J&amp;K flood toll climbs to 28 as fresh deaths hit Poonch, Doda; rescuers dig through debris as rain threat persists\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>JAMMU: Flash floods and landslides fuelled by torrential rain drove the death toll across J&amp;K\u2019s Jammu division to 28 after a house collapse killed seven people in Poonch and three died in Doda on Monday while rescuers dug four bodies from rubble left by raging streams and collapsing hillsides that ripped through Pir Panjal region on Sunday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>CM Omar Abdullah announced an ex gratia of Rs 6 lakh for the next of kin of each victim.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Poonch accounted for 23 deaths over two days, including several children, while neighbouring Rajouri reported two fatalities. Surankote in Poonch bore the brunt with 15 deaths after walls of water and mud barrelled down mountain slopes Sunday. Four bodies were found Monday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Fresh casualties were reported from Mandi in Poonch, where heavy rain brought down a \u201cdhok\u201d, a mountain shelter built by nomadic herdsmen. <!-- -->The dead included Tanveer Ahmed, Zahida Begum, Shamim Akhter, Shabnam Bano, M Irfan, 17, Manan Rafiq, 6, and 4-year-old Aleesa.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>In Doda, falling boulders smashed into a bus on Jammu-Kishtwar national highway near Raggi Nallah around 9.30am during heavy rain. Seven injured passengers were taken to hospital, where Manish Kumar died, while rescuers later found the body of an unidentified man inside the mangled bus. In Kashtigarh, a woman died after a shooting stone crashed through her house.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Civil administration, police, Army, SDRF teams and local volunteers continued clawing through mud and stones to pull out victims and move families from vulnerable areas.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Soldiers built a makeshift bridge from a tree trunk and belaying rope across a swollen stream in flood-ravaged Dhara Sangla village of Surankote, helping rescuers and grieving families carry a young girl\u2019s body home while restoring a vital link cut by flash floods.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Amarnath Yatra and pilgrimages to Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra and Shiv Khori in Reasi remained suspended for a second day. IMD issued a red alert warning of extremely heavy rain over the next three days.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Relentless rain also crippled transport. A stretch of Jammu-Srinagar NH-44 near Chenani in Udhampur caved in, damaging at least eight roadside shops.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/jk-flood-toll-climbs-to-28-as-fresh-deaths-hit-poonch-doda-rescuers-dig-through-debris-as-rain-threat-persists\/articleshow\/132523886.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMMU: Flash floods and landslides fuelled by torrential rain drove the death toll across J&amp;K\u2019s Jammu division to 28 after a house collapse killed seven people in Poonch and three died in Doda on Monday while rescuers dug four bodies from rubble left by raging streams and collapsing hillsides that ripped through Pir Panjal region 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