Sailaab Nama ��� An Insiders View of the Flood in Kashmir.
Guest Post by Gowhar Fazili The floods in Kashmir can provide an outsider a momentary glimpse into the reality of Kashmir behind the corporate media propaganda smokescreen that is fumbling at the moment and like Truman. When I finally started getting agitated about its likelihood and asked her about the supplies of medicine and food at home, she sounded too reassured.. At that moment, people needed rescue boats across the valley and not the money.
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22 people trapped in JK flash flood, alert sounded | Day.
As many as 22 people were today trapped in flash floods in Jammu region, prompting the authorities to sound an alert in the region. A flash flood alert has been sounded in Jammu. Due to heavy overnight rains, various rivers in Jammu region��.
Flood alert sounded in Kashmir Valley
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday night sounded an alert after water level in the Jhelum continued to rise due to incessant rains that have been lashing the Kashmir Valley for the entire Sunday. A government spokesman said that people living .
Did Kashmir abandon its flood-hit people?
The chief minister of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has told a TV news channel that his government was caught off guard by the devastating floods as it could not predict the magnitude of the disaster. Omar Abdullah said his government did not .
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When we heard the sound of jeeps approaching, we told our daughters to run away and hide in the fields. The soldiers. A Hindu lad of 11 from the same village holds up a crooked arm that he says has been fractured by the butt end of a gun. Mandhari.
Tensions rise between India and Pakistan | openDemocracy
The BJP has succeeded in dividing the Muslims who predominate in the Kashmir Valley while uniting the Hindus in Hindu-majority Jammu. This has made the partition of the state into the three areas almost palpable.
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Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi festival · Kashmiri men carry their belongings from a flood affected area in the outskirts of Srinagar, · Flooding in India and Pakistan · Super turban: in. Watch fire put out using sound waves · Lion fight 1 · Lions vs.
Kashmir monsoon floods leave 460 dead and displace.
Humanitarian emergency grows as Pakistani and Indian relief efforts criticised by aid-workers, amid health fears for survivors.
Kashmir on alert after two swine flu deaths
The Jammu and Kashmir health department Wednesday sounded an alert in the state after two people died of swine flu. Showkat Zargar, director of the super specialty Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) told a media conference here that .
Flood alert in Srinagar,people asked to shift to safer place.
Authorities here today asked people living along the banks of River Jhelum to shift to safer places as a flood alarm was sounded in the city due to rising water level in the river following incessant rains.. Incessant rains have been lashing Kashmir since Saturday night, which has led to sharp rise in water level in streams and rivulets across the valley. Srinagar city has received 13.6 mm rainfall during the 24 hour. Day and Night - Hindi News - 22 March 2015. by DayAndNightNewsChd.
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Flood alert in Srinagar, Jhelum flowing above danger mark.
Incessant rain over the past three days has wreaked havoc in many parts of the Valley with south Kashmirs Anantnag and Kulgam districts the worst-hit. ���Flood alert has been sounded in Srinagar city and all emergency��.
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Google launches Person Finder tool for Jammu and Kashmir.
Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid, La Liga 2014-15: Watch Full Video.. The flood in Kashmir has uprooted normal life in the Kashmir Valley and also crashed the entire communication infrastructure leaving it disconnected with the outside world.. If you are safe and sound and want to update your information so that people who may look for you can breathe easy then you can do that as well by clicking on the I have information about someone button and fill the details for��.
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He said he would help the Valley recover from the floods, and pointed out that he spent Diwali in the Valley instead of with his family. There was. I asked, expecting the usual answer about needing a resolution to the Kashmir problem instead of.
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Floods create havoc in Jammu and Kashmir | The Third Pole
The Jammu and Kashmir government sounded a red alert and confirmed the death of at least 10 people in the rains that lashed Jammu (in the plains) and mountainous Kashmir regions. However, media reports said the death toll was above 70 with 50. Many other smaller rivers across the mountain-bound valley of Kashmir were also flowing above the danger mark, triggering panic in some areas. Many people left their homes for safer places after government��.
Floods Ravage Kashmir | So Sue me
Kashmir Valley has seen an exponential increase in urbanization in the last few decades but this Urbanization is random and unplanned to an extent that even the flood plains have been urbanized leaving no option to utilize any previous plan to divert flood water to any detention basin in order to safeguard the major infrastructure. 7) Climatic.. He said locals were caught unawares as authorities had not even sounded alert when water rose over the alarming levels.
India monsoon floods kill 120, say officials - WorldNews
The state government and the army are trying to rescue thousands of tourists who are stranded near the submerged valleys and Hindu shrines,. The Australian 2013-06-19. Flood Alert Sounded In Kashmir - India TV. 3:07��.
Anger grows amid flood disaster in Kashmir and Pakistan.
There is mounting anger in Indian-administered Kashmir amid accusations that the government has acted too slowly in the flood crisis. Many homes and even. India and Pakistan scramble to send aid to flooded Kashmir Valley.. A flood alert was sounded on Thursday in Srinagar city as River Jhelum was flowing four feet above the danger mark after incessant rain, while 23 villages have been inundated by floods in south Kashmir districts of Anantnag and Kulgam.
Jammu and Kashmir floods: Rains briefly hit relief work.
Relief operations in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir were briefly hampered on Sunday due to rains even as the Armed forces and NDRF rescued another 60000 people trapped in flood waters in Kashmir Valley. Over 1 lakh��.
Kashmir Floods: No Time to Play Politics | So Sue me
The state government yesterday announced financial and other assistance for those hit by the disaster including a 200 crore package for both the Jammu region and the Kashmir valley. The chief. It was not a flash flood. The flood built up over a period of one week,��� says Akhter. ���Traditional wisdom tells you that Srinagar is a flood-prone area��� When the final alert was sounded, the flood had already crossed Sangam (the meeting place of the Jhelums tributaries near��.
Kashmir floods: Hyderpora mosque a symbol of communal.
Kumkum Bhagya: Aaliya smartly puts the blame of kidnapping on Bulbul and Purab (Watch. Kumkum. Srinagar, Sep 12: It is evening time and the maulvi here just sounded the azaan, the call for prayer and devouts rush inside to offer namaaz. Shortly. This is Jama Masjid in Hyderpora area which has turned into a major relief centre for those affected by the devastating floods in the Kashmir valley, housing hundreds of people, including women and children.
Flood alert in JandK, Jhelum flowing 4-feet above danger mark
A flood alert was sounded in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as River Jhelum was flowing four feet above the danger mark after incessant rain, while 23 villages have been inundated by floods in south Kashmir districts of Anantnag and Kulgam. Incessant .
No flood-warning system for Indian Kashmir - The Third Pole
Amid Pakistani accusations India did not pass on key flood information, senior Indian officials admit there is no flood warning system for Indian-administered Kashmir itself. relief and rescue work. ���The website of. But Pandya said the Indus treaty provides a sound basis for Pakistan to prepare its flood warning system. ���Since this [treaty] has been going on for. A version of this report was first published by BBC Urdu and Hindi �� Share on Facebook �� Share on Twitter��.
Kashmirs Disastrous Floods - Eurasia Review
In the following century, the otherwise calm river which drains the entire Kashmir Valley became a curse, dreaded by people who lived or had their agricultural lands along its course, on numerous occasions]. On the evening of September 7, Jhelum.. A boathouse too made its way through a wide breach in the river embankment and struck against the boundary walls of residential houses along the back street causing very loud sounds. Three days later, Naqash and��.
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