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Heavy rainfall during the 2023 monsoon season resulted in severe flooding and landslides across Northern India, primarily affecting residents in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi.
Leh is the largest town in the Ladakh region of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.It is on a plateau at around 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) above sea level and usually receives very little rainfall, around 100 millimetres (3.9 in) per year.
On 24 March 2023, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has formed a committee in response to the National Green Tribunal's directives to suggest remedial measures for preventing environmental damage in District Doda. The panel is composed of the Chief Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir, as chairperson, the Principal Secretary to Government, Forest ...
[1] [2] By 18 September, over 298,514 people were rescued from the various parts of Jammu and Kashmir by the Armed forces. [3] [4] [5] The Jammu and Kashmir floods, the worst in a century according to Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, paralyzed the state government. Omar Abdullah, responding to public criticism, told the ...
Avalanches and landslides are common in Kashmir and have caused heavy death tolls for the Indian and Pakistani armies c. A Russian skier was killed and five others were rescued, along with their ...
The Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir was affected as water levels in the Ujh River rose. Twenty-three people were rescued and 90 families living near the Chenab were evacuated. [ 1 ]
The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and its adjoining areas received heavy rainfall from 2 September 2014, during the last stage of the monsoon in India.This triggered flooding and landslides in India and the adjoining areas of Pakistan.
The resulting landslides from the earthquake affected transport, with closure of essential roads and highways. [37] Sections of a road and pavement in a major route in Muzaffarabad collapsed. [16] Many bridges were damaged, with the largest damaged bridge in Balakot. Several other bridges in the Jhelum Valley (Kashmir) were also damaged. The ...