Jammu, Aug. 26 -- Amid inclement weather, an old woman died and a fuel station was buried in two separate incidents of landslides in Kathua and Udhampur districts late Sunday, said officials.
The heavy downpour also caused soil erosion beneath a strategic railway bridge at Chakki Bank on Monday morning.
The vital bridge connects Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country via rail link. The incident has prompted Northern Railways to dump concrete sleepers to prevent further damage.
"A 65-year-old woman namely Chinto Devi, wife of late Sadhu Ram of Kachir Morah Kalta in Banihal tehsil of Kathua district, died after a landslide hit her near her field on Sunday evening," said a police officer.
"The old woman had gone to her fields nea...
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