Srinagar, Aug 15: A man was killed and several roads and footbridges were washed away in different cloud bursts in Kashmir.
A man died after a cloudburst hit the Damhal Hanjipora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, the official said.
The cloudburst hit the Banward area in DH Pora and soon after a rescue operation was launched.
“One person died in the incident, while another suffered injuries. Police and civil administration are on the spot,” he said.
The deceased has been identified as Mukhtar Ahmad Chouhan son of Mohammad Hussain Chouhan of Bangward Bala. The injured person has been identified as Rafakat Ahmad Chouhan son of Mohammad Hussain Chouhan, also from Bangward Bala.
Tehsildar DH Pora, Zahid Ahmad, told KNO that a team has been rushed to the spot, and further details will be shared later.
In another incident, several footbridges, and link roads were damaged and water entered several houses after cloudbursts triggered flash floods in the upper reaches of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday, officials said.
Reports reaching here said a cloudburst hit Arin and Dardpora villages this morning, damaging several footbridges as well as retaining walls and crops in the area.
District development council member, Arin, Ghulam Mohiud-din Rather said that flash floods damaged several footbridges, vegetable fields, orchards, and link roads in the twin villages of Arin and Dardpora.
He said that one family residing along the Nallah was evacuated after a boundary wall near their house collapsed due to heavy water flow.
Similarly, another cloudburst in the upper reaches of Chandaji blocked the Bandipora-Gurez road and caused waterlogging in several houses in the Pazalpora area and its adjoining areas.
The official said that there was, however, no loss of life reported in the incident, while a footbridge got washed away.
He further said that teams have been sent to the area to assess the damage.
Intermittent moderate to intense rainfall continued across the Kashmir Valley on Thursday morning.
