Rescuers have till now pulled out 15 bodies from the rubble of two houses buried under a landslide triggered by incessant rains at Laden in Jammu & Kashmir's Budgam district on Monday , law minister Syed Basharat Bukhari told the state assembly on Tuesday .
Bukhari said five members of Mohammad Shaban Hajam's family had shifted to their neighbour Ghulam Nabi Hajam's house assuming it would be safe as threats of landslides loomed.
But the house collapsed too, and 16 people were buried under its debris. One of the body is yet to be recovered.Bukhari said the deceased included a two-month-old girl.
Bukhari said incessant rains had triggered land erosion and landslides at various places in the district.
“The district administration took immediate steps to evacuate people from vulnerable areas to safer places to avoid any loss of life,'' he said, adding that 221 families were evacuated and lodged in camps at safer places. “Budgam deputy commissioner has been monitoring rescue operations along with civil administration, police and security forces,'' the minister said.He said agriculture minister Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura was on the spot and coordinating the rescue operation.
Separately , the levels of water in the Jhelum river further receded on Tuesday two days after the state was forced to issue a flood alert. But the Valley was bracing for a fresh spell of rains over the next two days.The Met department has forecast light to moderate rains by Wednesday and intense rains a day later.
Bukhari said five members of Mohammad Shaban Hajam's family had shifted to their neighbour Ghulam Nabi Hajam's house assuming it would be safe as threats of landslides loomed.
But the house collapsed too, and 16 people were buried under its debris. One of the body is yet to be recovered.Bukhari said the deceased included a two-month-old girl.
Bukhari said incessant rains had triggered land erosion and landslides at various places in the district.
“The district administration took immediate steps to evacuate people from vulnerable areas to safer places to avoid any loss of life,'' he said, adding that 221 families were evacuated and lodged in camps at safer places. “Budgam deputy commissioner has been monitoring rescue operations along with civil administration, police and security forces,'' the minister said.He said agriculture minister Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura was on the spot and coordinating the rescue operation.
Separately , the levels of water in the Jhelum river further receded on Tuesday two days after the state was forced to issue a flood alert. But the Valley was bracing for a fresh spell of rains over the next two days.The Met department has forecast light to moderate rains by Wednesday and intense rains a day later.
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