Jammu, Aug. 5 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the government's focus has shifted from rescue and recovery to rehabilitation and reconstruction in the cloudburst and flash flood-hit areas of Poonch and Rajouri, while indicating that a decision on a special relief package would be taken after a comprehensive assessment of the damage Abdullah arrived in Surankote area of Poonch this morning to assess the ground situation in the flash flood and landslide-affected areas following the rain fury, which had claimed 16 lives and left six others missing in the border district of Poonch.
He commenced his tour with a visit to Murrah village where he met a villager, who lost eight members of his family in cloudburst-...