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A large part of Srinagar is submerged with people waiting on their rooftops. People have lost contact with their family members and relatives with phone lines being snapped due to the flood situation. There has been no electricity in many areas including Srinagar for hours.

Areas like Pulwama, Anantnag and Shopian in south and central Kashmir are completely cut off with roads and bridges swept away. Many vital installations like the army cantonment, civil Secretariat, the high court and many hospitals in Srinagar are currently hit by the flood situation.

The state government ordered all schools and colleges to remain closed tillSeptember 12. Many people are now living in relief camps and temporary shelters, sources said. People have taken refuge at hospitals and other high rise buildings to escape the rising water level.

 

Armed Forces are carrying out flood relief and rescue operations in the entire State in heavy rains and extremely bad weather conditions. 

The PM undertook an aerial survey of the flood-hit belts dubbing the situation as a “national level disaster”. He assured that medical and other assistance would be provided on an urgent basis.

Modi said the army, air force and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were cooperating with the state government to expedite relief operation in the flood-affected areas.

According to reports, the waters from the swollen Jhelum inundated Srinagar completely turning the capital city into a giant lake.

Landslides triggered by incessant rain damaged roads, dozens of bridges, buildings and crops in the Jammu region causing disruption to vehicular movement on the Jammu-Pathankot highway. Katra-bound trains were halted. Haj flights scheduled up to September 12 had been postponed as well, official sources said.