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1 girl dead, 4 missing as cloudburst strikes near Sonamarg in J-K
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A teenage girl died and four others went missing on Thursday after a cloudbusrt struck near Sonamarg, placed en route to the Amarnath shrine, in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army subsequently stepped in to help the state government cope up with nature\'s fury.
A teenage girl died and four others went missing on Thursday after a cloudbusrt struck near Sonamarg, placed en route to the Amarnath shrine, in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army subsequently stepped in to help the state government cope up with nature's fury.
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The cloudburst hit Kellan village near Gagangir, 76 km from Srinagar at 6:30pm, after which the Srinagar-Leh highway was closed.
A police official identified the deceased as a girl named Iqra Nazir.
Two more residents of Kellan village were missing and two labourers from Gangangir could not be traced as the army mounted a relief operation to clear the national highway.
Four Spanish and two civil engineers were rescused by the army from the area immediately after the natural calamity.
Gagangir is the place before Sonamarg from where the prestigious Z-Morh tunnel across Zozila Pass is proposed to be constructed for an all-weather road between Srinagar and Kargil.
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has pressed its men and machines in operation along with army engineers and Rashtriya Rifles jawans who had been posted for guarding the smooth conduct of Amarnath pilgrimage.
The army opened its transit camp at Sonamarg for civilians who had been evacuated from these areas besides operating 11 mobile teams to provide food and medical supply to the needy.
There were landslides in Sonamarg area and the army accommodated the civilians in transit camps.
On the Baltal-Amarnath yatra route, a bridge caved in at Sheshnag but there was no report of any casualty.
A bus with no one on board was also washed away in the rains.
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