More than 400 residents of Kalaban village in the Mendhar subdivision of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district have been relocated to safer shelters after more than two dozen houses were damaged in a land-sinking incident, officials said on Monday.
Authorities, along with a local NGO, are assisting in providing relief material and essential supplies to the affected families. The administration has declared the village unsafe and advised residents to stay away from the affected places.
On September 13, more than 700 people were affected, and over 95 houses were damaged due to heavy rains. The families, according to authorities, have been given food, drinking water, and other life-supporting amenities.
Meanwhile, due to constant bad weather and persistent rainfall in and around the areas of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in the Trikuta hills, the shrine board immediately halted the Yatra, citing slippery tracks.
Pilgrims on Sunday could not perform darshan due to rainfall, though they were given prasad there.
The shrine board is already under the scanner, as the Jammu and Kashmir administration led by LG Manoj Sinha ordered an inquiry after 34 people lost their lives in the Adhkuwari region following a massive landslide.
Keeping in view the current conditions, the Board in its post on X said the Yatra, scheduled to resume on September 14, had been postponed due to incessant rainfall and urged pilgrims to follow official updates.
Meanwhile, in Udhampur district, long traffic jams were reported on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) at Thard on Sunday, where only one lane is operational after a massive landslide.
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