3
districts worst hit by
hostile weather
Snow
avalanches, cold kill 10;
11 missing
*Threat of more snow
slides looms large
By Mohinder
Verma
JAMMU,
Feb 8:
Within 24 hours of the
issuance of an alert for
snow avalanche, six
members of a family and a
young girl were killed
when blocks of snow
slided down rapidly in
remote areas of Banihal
and Doda this morning.
However, in Bhaderwah, 11
persons have been missing
ever since they had gone
for hunting in the upper
reaches on February 4 and
administration
didn’t rule out
their having fallen
victim to massive
snowing.......more
A man trying to rescue
his car, which is buried
under the snow at
Anantnag in south Kashmir
on Friday.(UNI)
6
of Anantnag family buried
alive
10 killed
in fresh avalanches in
Valley
From Ahmed
Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR,
Feb 8:
With a thaw in the
6-day-long inclement
weather, casualties have
begun to pour in from the
snow-covered,
inaccessible areas in
Kashmir valley. After the
death of two soldiers and
two civilian porters of
Army on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday,
as many as 10 people have
died today in massive
avalanches in Anantnag
and Bandipore districts
where the authorities
have begun to develop
apprehensions of more
casualties with the
improvement of weather.....more
Rescue,
relief grid for Doda,
Kishtwar
Azad puts
Army, Air Force on alert
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu,
Feb 8:
Chief Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad today convened
an emergency meeting of
senior civil, Army,
para-military and police
officers to put in place
a rescue and relief grid
for worst affected areas
in Doda and Kishtwar
districts where up to 15
ft snow has accumulated
at some places,
triggering fears of
avalanches and
possibilities of loss to
life and property.....more
3
top LeT militants shot
dead in Mendhar
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Feb 8:
Three militants,
suspected to be part of a
group of infiltrators
which had sneaked into
this side from Mendhar
sector last week, were
gunned down by Army and
police in an encounter at
Kasbrari in Mendhar this
afternoon.....more
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