Extremely distressing, says Prez
NEW DELHI, Aug 27:
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said the loss of lives due to a landslide on the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in Jammu and Kashmir was extremely distressing and prayed for the success of relief and rescue operations.
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“The tragic incident of the death of several devotees in a landslide on the pilgrimage route to the Mata Vaishno Devi Temple is extremely distressing. I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and pray for the success of the relief and rescue operations,” Murmu said in a post in Hindi on X.
Expressing grief at the loss of lives in the Vaishno Devi landslide tragedy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the administration is assisting all those affected in the incident.
He said on X, “The loss of lives due to a landslide on the route to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple is saddening. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest. The administration is assisting all those affected. My prayers for everyone’s safety and well-being.”
Meanwhile, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge described as “extremely heartbreaking” the death of 35 people in the Vaishno Devi landslide and conveyed his condolences to the affected families.
“The news of the deaths due to heavy rains and landslides on the Mata Vaishno Devi route in Jammu and Kashmir is extremely heartbreaking. I express my deepest condolences to all the affected families and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” he said in a post on X.
Kharge said several States and UTs, including Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh, are gripped by heavy rains and flood-like situations.
“Our Congress Government and administration teams in Himachal are fully engaged in relief and rescue operations with complete readiness.
“In this difficult situation, I expect the Congress leaders and workers in all these States to provide every possible help to the victims,” he said. (PTI)
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