Srinagar, Sept. 3 -- The Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has spoken to senior officials and taken stock of situation in the wake of excessive rainfall across Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir. He was briefed on rescue and relief measures by Army, Air Force, CAPFs, district administrations, NDRF and SDRF teams on the ground to ensure the well-being of those affected by heavy rain and flood.
He was briefed that people affected by flood in Akhnoor were evacuated to safety by BSF, NDRF & Police. People from around 67 villages in Anantnag, Budgam, Pulwama were moved to safer locations and nomadic families in Pulwama and Shopian were provided shelters by the district administrations.
In Srinagar city, around 9 relief shelters are ready for emer...