Srinagar, Sept. 9 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday requested the Centre for financial compensation and urged Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to run special trains from Jammu to Kashmir, as the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remains blocked due to landslides.

Speaking to reporters, Abdullah noted that there has been loss of lives and damage to property and crops amid a devastating monsoon in the Union Territory.

He said, "Lives have been lost, especially in Kishtwar and Mata Vaishno Devi. There has been damage to property, including houses, shops and the government's structures. There has been crop damage, and unfortunately, due to the highway blockade, the crops are getting rotten in trucks. These people ...