Doda, Sept. 5 -- The administration of Gandoh Bhalesa Doda has started providing essential facilities to families who were rendered homeless after devastating flash floods and landslides that began on August 24 and continue to affect the region.

To help the affected people rebuild their lives, the administration has distributed mattresses, blankets (kambals), tents, sleeping bags, and utensils.

Speaking to ANI, SDM Arun Kumar Badyal said, "109 houses have been fully or surely damaged, around 300 partially damaged, and apart from this, there are commercial structures, cow sheds, landslides have come in many places, so the land and crops have also been damaged."

Badyal further said that the homeless families are currently taking shelter ...