Jammu, Aug. 28 -- The death toll in the Vaishno Devi landslide has gone up to 34 with rescuers pulling out more bodies from under the debris, officials said on Wednesday, a day after the disaster struck the route to the hilltop shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. "At least 34 bodies have been recovered so far. Around 23 injured have been admitted to different hospitals," officials said. Amid heavy rains, a massive landslide hit two sheds near Ardhkuwari en route the cave shrine on Tuesday around 3pm. While bodies of nine pilgrims were retrieved late Tuesday, 25 more were recovered on Wednesday taking the toll to 32. Reasi SSP Paramvir Singh said, "Rescue operations are on and once they are over, we would be able to give exact toll figures". Jammu recorded 380mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Wednesday, the most ever recorded in a day since the IMD began logging data in 1910. Jammu got its first observatory in 1910 and the highest record for a 24-hour period was 272.6 mm experienced on August 9, 1973. Earlier, the city had recorded the highest 24-hour rainfall of 228.6 mm nearly a century ago on August 5, 1926. Despite continual weather alerts forecasting heavy to very heavy rains with possibilities of cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides, three back-to-back rain-related incidents have claimed 138 lives in the last 12 days in Kishtwar, Kathua and Reasi districts, raising serious questions over the poor preparedness by the UT administration. "When the Met department was issuing regular weather forecasts alerting the administration about heavy rains, cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides, the administration exhibited criminal neglect in not suspending Machail Mata Yatra and Vaishno Devi Yatra," said a senior police officer, who declined to be named. A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was swept away while patrolling along the International Border in Akhnoor. Massive damage has been reported to public infrastructure, including several key bridges, private houses and commercial establishments, due to overflowing of water bodies and flash floods across the Union Territory, officials said....