Stage set for tomorrow’s polling in high profile Udhampur LS seat amid high security
Jammu and Kashmir has five Lok Sabha constituencies and each one will go to polls in separate phases because of security reasons.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday assured Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra of all possible central help to deal with the flood situation in the state, officials said.
During a telephonic conversation with the governor, the home minister enquired about the flood situation in certain parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Singh assured all possible support and cooperation to the state in dealing with the situation, a Home Ministry official said.
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On Saturday, three people, including a woman, were killed in Jammu due to landslides and because of a house collapse due to heavy rains. The woman was buried under a tree that fell on her due to landslide.
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Governor’s adviser BB Vyas said that revenue department teams are assessing the damage for providing relief. Several cattleheads have perished in the Jammu division.
Hundreds of Amarnath pilgrims were stranded at several places in Jammu and the Valley. More than 8,000 pilgrims were held up at the Yatri Bhavan in Jammu. No pilgrim was allowed to proceed to Kashmir from Jammu on Saturday as massive landslides have blocked the highway.
The pilgrims stranded at Tikri, Udhampur and Ramban since Friday were carried to the base camps at Baltal and Pahalgam under the protection of security forces.
Vyas said that the Amarnath Yatra has been suspended from both the routes (Baltal and Pahalgam) due to landslides at various places. He said the pilgrimage to the holy cave will resume after the tracks are cleared and weather improves.
(With agency inputs)
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