* After doctors warned that stagnant water will lead to massive influx of water borne diseases, authorities in Srinagar have launched a massive dewatering operation from flood-hit areas of the city to drain out water. * The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir Government not to restrict its focus to Srinagar in the rescue and relief operations in flood-hit areas, saying the condition in some other districts is “worse”. * The Supreme Court yesterday asked the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir Government not to restrict its focus to Srinagar in the rescue and relief operations in flood- hit areas, saying the condition in some other districts is “worse”. * Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has declared that the Government would relax norms to compensate the people, who have suffered extensive loss of life, cattle stock and property in the recent heavy floods in Jammu and Kashmir and construct New Colonies for the people, who had been living on embankments of the river and have been dislocated in the floods as they could face similar threats in future. * A number of students from Jammu and Kashmir, duly selected by AICTE for higher education outside the State under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme, have been denied admission by the allotted colleges. * IAF Chief Arup Raha will be reviewing today the ongoing relief and rescue operations in the flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir where over 80 transport aircraft and helicopters have been deployed by the forces. * A porter was killed and three others including two BSF jawans were injured in a mine blast at Sona Gali near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mankot area of Poonch district yesterday. * As many as 2091 people from Uttar Pradesh are missing in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir. * Dr. Jitendra Singh has announced that he will adopt two landslide-hit villages in Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency of Jammu and Kashmir for their all-round development.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:18:52 +0000
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