5-year-old student, Vaishno Devi pilgrim killed in J&K landslides
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall claimed two lives and injured 10 people on Monday in the border town of Poonch and along the Vaishno Devi shrine track in the Jammu region.
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall claimed two lives and injured 10 people on Monday in the border town of Poonch and along the Vaishno Devi shrine track in the Jammu region.
The pilgrims were from a group of 56 that had started from their village Mohanpura on October 3.
This was the highest number of pilgrims so far visiting the holy cave shrine in a single day during this calendar year, said Simrandeep Singh, chief executive officer of the Shrine Board.
Earlier, the bench had asked the Jammu and Kashmir government on the plan to phase out use of mules and the rehabilitation for their owners.
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