{"id":4189,"date":"2026-07-22T19:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:43:17","slug":"couple-dead-4-hurt-as-boulder-falls-on-tempo-on-jammu-srinagar-nh-in-ramban-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=4189","title":{"rendered":"Couple dead, 4 hurt as boulder falls on tempo on Jammu-Srinagar NH in Ramban | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\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-132567318,imgsize-1199830,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/landslides-in-jampk.jpg\" alt=\"Couple dead, 4 hurt as boulder falls on tempo on Jammu-Srinagar NH in Ramban\" title=\"Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44)closed due to landslides, mudslides, and shooting stones\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44)closed due to landslides, mudslides, and shooting stones\">Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44)closed due to landslides, mudslides, and shooting stones<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>JAMMU: A couple died and four others were injured after a massive boulder fell on a tempo on Jammu-Srinagar national highway (NH-44) near Gangroo in Ramban district Wednesday. Meanwhile, J&amp;K DyCM Surinder Chowdhary and NC Anantnag-Rajouri MP Mian Altaf Ahmad narrowly escaped separate landslides on Jammu-Poonch highway, even as a multi-agency search operation to trace seven missing people in Murrah, Chang Nallah in Poonch\u2019s Surankote entered the fourth day.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Officials said the tempo was heading from Srinagar to Doda on NH-44 when a boulder rolled down the hill and struck it. Doda residents Nazir Ahmed and his wife Shakeela Begum died. Police, rescue teams, and local authorities rushed to the spot and moved the bodies, as well as the injured individuals, to Ramsoo PHC.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>NC MP Ahmed was touring flood-hit areas in Poonch to assess the extent of damage caused by flash floods and incessant rains, when his vehicle got stuck in an active landslide on Jammu-Poonch highway. <!-- -->He escaped unhurt. DyCM Choudhary\u2019s vehicle was hit by a separate landslide on the same highway near Chingus area. Choudhary escaped unhurt, but his vehicle was damaged.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Vehicular movement on Jammu-Srinagar NH was suspended following multiple landslides as relentless rainfall battered Jammu region for the fourth day, triggering landslides, mudslides and shooting stones at nearly a dozen places between Udhampur and Banihal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>IMD predicted moderate to heavy rains till Thursday evening. \u201cCommuters are advised not to undertake any journey on the highway until the weather improves, and the road is declared safe for traffic,\u201d an official said, adding that clearance agencies were removing debris.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Rajouri Police issued an advisory, stating that water levels in rivers had begun to rise again. \u201cEveryone is requested to vacate riverbanks and vulnerable areas immediately and stay alert,\u201d it said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>All major pilgrimages \u2014 including Amarnath Yatra, Vaishno Devi Yatra, and Machail Mata yatra \u2014 have remained suspended in J&amp;K since July 19.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/couple-dead-4-hurt-as-boulder-falls-on-tempo-on-jammu-srinagar-nh-in-ramban\/articleshow\/132567323.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44)closed due to landslides, mudslides, and shooting stones JAMMU: A couple died and four others were injured after a massive boulder fell on a tempo on Jammu-Srinagar national highway (NH-44) near Gangroo in Ramban district Wednesday. 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