Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked due to landslides
The strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed for traffic on Thursday due to landslides at different places in the Ramban district.
The strategic Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed for traffic on Thursday due to landslides at different places in the Ramban district.
The death toll from a landslide in a mining town in Davao de Oro province in southern Philippines has climbed to 98, a regional disaster prevention office said.
The landslide occurred on the stretch between Muri Mugli and Gami Road, claiming the lives of Christopher Hemram, Abhijit Hemram, Nirmal Hemram, and Lakshminath Kisku.
A man and his daughter were killed in a devastating landslide triggered by heavy rains in Bangladesh’s seaport city Chattogram…
Officials said that road clearing work was in progress and since the magnitude of the landslide was high it could take some time to clear the road.
The only Mirziyoyev challenger who got significant notice in the campaign was Alisher Qodirov, with his proposal that Uzbeks working outside the country should pay taxes in Uzbekistan, a widely unpopular idea for the large share of the population that depends on remittances from family members abroad.
According to officials, there were around seven places where landslides had occurred along NH-10, with the last one at Setijhora,
Travancore Devaswom Board requested Lord Ayyappa devotees to refrain from visiting Sabarimala Temple on 17 and 18 October in view of the continuing heavy rainfall in the state, especially in Pathanamthitta district and the dangerously high water level in Pamba river.
The district administration is taking stock of the situation he said, adding that helicopter survey and deployment of NDRF team is underway.
A rescue operation involving multiple agencies was underway to retrieve over 20 people feared trapped in the 200-m stretch covered with rubble.
