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Hello Jammu News at 4:03:00 PM 0

A landslide on Saturday at Gangroo near Ramsu here suspended traffic on the 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, officials said. The landslide struck the highway along the Banihal-Ramban stretch, officials said, adding road clearance operation had been taken up to ensure early resumption of vehicle movement.


Banihal (JK), Dec 15 (PTI) A landslide on Saturday at Gangroo near Ramsu here suspended traffic on the 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, officials said.

The landslide struck the highway along the Banihal-Ramban stretch, officials said, adding road clearance operation had been taken up to ensure early resumption of vehicle movement.

"Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway was stopped at around 11 am due to landslips. Road clearance operation is going on in full swing and traffic is expected to resume soon," they said. 

Vehicle movement on the all-weather road, which is the only link between Kashmir and the rest of the country, had been suspended on Wednesday after the area around Jawahar tunnel the gateway to Kashmir experienced heavy snowfall, rendering the road in an extremely slippery condition.

One-way traffic on the highway resumed on Friday after being closed for two days. The road closure had left over 1,800 vehicles stranded. 

Traffic on the highway plies alternately from the twin capitals of Srinagar and Jammu to ensure smooth movement of vehicles.


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Hello Jammu News at 4:29:00 PM 0

Jammu, Sep 24: Five members of a family, including three minors, were killed on Monday when their mud house was buried under debris after a landslide in the hilly Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The incident occurred in remote Gali Bhatoli village of Gandoh when the 'dhok' (mud house) of Noor Mohammad Gujjar was crushed under the debris, a police official said.

He said villagers immediately launched a rescue operation and were later joined by a police team.

Five bodies were pulled out from the mud house, the official said and identified the deceased as Bashir Ahmad (25), his wife Nageena (23), Zulfi Banoo (nine) and Mohammad Sharief (eight) and one-and-a-half-year old girl.

Doda along with other parts of Jammu region have been lashed by incessant rain over the past two days, forcing authorities to order closure of all educational institutions in the district as a precautionary measure. (PTI)

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Hello Jammu News at 4:20:00 PM 0

Gangtok, Sep 15: Continuous downpour on Friday triggered fresh landslides in North Sikkim, already battered by rains and widespread landslips since Sunday.

There was no information on loss of human lives due to the landslides, a district official said.

The fresh landslides were reported at Passingdong village in Dzongu.

The residents of the houses that are in danger have been shifted to safer locations, the official said, adding that incessant rain in North Sikkim since Sunday is triggering landslides in different areas at regular intervals.

Fifty houses, school buildings and roads were damaged in the landslides reported from Dzongu, Mangan, Lachen and Mangshilla in North district of the land-locked state since Sunday, the official said.

The district remains isolated from the rest of the country due to snapping of road connectivity, the official said.

The road between Mangan and Chungthang has been affected by many landslides and it is likely to take about a month to open the road for vehicular traffic, the official said.

The district administration has set up a control room and disaster help lines to help the people in distress.

State Forest minister and local MLA T W Lepcha and Deputy Speaker of Sikkim Assaembly Sonam Gyatso Lepcha on Saturday visited the affected areas in and around Mangan with the district collector, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) and other officials.

The team visited the Rafong Khola slide where a temporary log bridge has been built by the Forest Department.

The landslides at Rafong Khola are still active due to which there is a major problem in the movement of people.

The team visited the Lanthey Khola slide, where the road has been completely damaged by landslide.

The streams are flowing in full spate, bringing down boulders and causing landsldes, which has cut off the road network.

A meeting was held to review the situation in the district during which District Collector Karma R Bonpo briefed the team about the extent of damages reported from across North District.

He said teams headed by sub-divisional magistrates will be providing relief to the people.

The restoration of the road network is being carried out by the Border Roads Organisation, Road & Bridges Department and the PMGSY Department.

Electricity connection to Dzongu is being restored by the Energy and Power Department and the water supply to Mangan town is being restored by the PHE Department.

The Revenue Department is carrying out the assessment of the damages to various public properties in the district.

A team of armed police has been placed on a standby for search and rescue.

The landslides across the district have damaged about 50 houses, some of which have been damaged severely.

Many schools have been damaged due to which the administration has ordered the closure of these schools. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 2:37:00 PM 0

Tokyo, Sept 6: A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, killing at least eight people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing.

Multiple, large-scale landslides struck the sparsely populated countryside, which was also hit by the edge of a powerful typhoon that surged through Japan earlier this week.

Aerial views showed dozens of houses destroyed at the bottom of a hill that was engulfed by a landslide, with a rescue helicopter winching a resident to safety.

Around three million homes lost power after the quake damaged a major thermal plant supplying the region.

The Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, which was not operational before the quake, was forced to turn to emergency back-up power to keep its cooling system working, NHK said.

Kazuo Kibayashi, 51, a town official at hard-hit Abira town, told AFP: "There was a sudden, extreme jolt. I felt it went sideways, not up-and-down, for about two to three minutes."

"It stopped before shaking started again. I felt it come in two waves. I am 51, and I have never experienced anything like this. I thought my house was going to collapse. Everything inside my house was all jumbled up. I didn't have time to even start cleaning," he added.

Moments after the initial quake, an aftershock measuring 5.3 rocked the area and dozens more aftershocks followed throughout the night and into the morning.

Akira Fukui, from the main city of Sapporo, told AFP: "I woke up around 3am with a vertical jolt. I put the light on but it went out shortly afterwards. All the traffic lights are out and there's no power at work."

No tsunami warning was issued after the relatively shallow quake, which struck 62 kilometres (39 miles) southeast of the regional capital Sapporo.

Around 20,000 rescue workers, including police and members of the Self-Defence Forces were responding to the disaster, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said. Another 20,000 SDF troops are expected to join the effort.

"We will do our best to save lives," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said after an emergency cabinet meeting.

NHK reported that eight people had lost their lives, six of them in the village of Atsuma, where the landslide engulfed the homes. Nearly 40 people were still missing, the broadcaster added.

Local media said the dead also included an 82-year-old man who fell down the stairs at his home during the quake and that around 130 people had sustained minor injuries.

"I urge people in areas shaken by strong quakes to stay calm, pay attention to evacuation information... and help each other," Suga added.

Japan is still recovering from the worst typhoon to hit the country in 25 years, which struck the western part of the country on Tuesday, claiming at least 11 lives and causing major damage to the region's main airport.

Officials warned of the danger of fresh quakes.

"Large quakes often occur, especially within two to three days (of a big one)," said Toshiyuki Matsumori, in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis at the meteorological agency.

The risk of housing collapses and landslides had increased, he said, urging residents "to pay full attention to seismic activity and rainfall and not to go into dangerous areas."

The earthquake also caused travel disruption, with all flights cancelled from Sapporo's main Chitose airport, where the quake brought down part of a ceiling and burst a water pipe. Local buses and trains and bullet train services were halted.

Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko said it would take "at least a week" for power to be restored to nearly three million homes after a fire in the area's largest thermal plant was discovered.

And the national meteorological agency warned that more bad weather could be on the way for Hokkaido, urging people to be vigilant for landslides, high tides and heavy rain.

Japan sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where many of the world's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.

In June, a deadly tremor rocked the Osaka region, killing five people and injuring over 350.

On March 11, 2011, a devastating 9.0-magnitude quake struck under the Pacific Ocean, and the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and claimed thousands of lives. (AFP)
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Hello Jammu News at 1:41:00 PM 0

Tokyo, Sept 6: A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, killing two people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing.

Multiple, large-scale landslides struck the sparsely populated countryside, which was also hit by the edge of a powerful typhoon that surged through Japan earlier this week.

Aerial views showed dozens of houses destroyed at the bottom of a hill that was engulfed by a landslide, with a rescue helicopter winching a resident to safety.

Around three million homes lost power after the quake damaged a major thermal plant supplying the region.

The Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, which was not operational before the quake, was forced to turn to emergency back-up power to keep its cooling system working, NHK said.

Kazuo Kibayashi, 51, a town official at hard-hit Abira town, told AFP: "There was a sudden, extreme jolt. I felt it went sideways, not up-and-down, for about two to three minutes." "It stopped before shaking started again. I felt it come in two waves. I am 51, and I have never experienced anything like this. I thought my house was going to collapse. Everything inside my house was all jumbled up. I didn't have time to even start cleaning," he added.

Moments after the initial quake, an aftershock measuring 5.3 rocked the area and dozens more aftershocks followed throughout the night and into the morning.

Akira Fukui, from the main city of Sapporo, told AFP: "I woke up around 3am with a vertical jolt. I put the light on but it went out shortly afterwards. All the traffic lights are out and there's no power at work."

No tsunami warning was issued after the relatively shallow quake, which struck 62 kilometres (39 miles) southeast of the regional capital Sapporo.

Around 20,000 rescue workers, including police and members of the Self-Defence Forces were responding to the disaster, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said. Another 20,000 SDF troops are expected to join the effort.

"We will do our best to save lives," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said after an emergency cabinet meeting.

Suga said two people had been killed, with local media reporting around 40 were missing.

Local media said the dead included an 82-year-old man who fell down the stairs at his home during the quake and that around 130 people had sustained minor injuries.

"I urge people in areas shaken by strong quakes to stay calm, pay attention to evacuation information... and help each other," Suga added.

Japan is still recovering from the worst typhoon to hit the country in 25 years, which struck the western part of the country on Tuesday, claiming at least 11 lives and causing major damage to the region's main airport.

Officials warned of the danger of fresh quakes.

"Large quakes often occur, especially within two to three days (of a big one)," said Toshiyuki Matsumori, in charge of monitoring earthquakes and tsunamis at the meteorological agency.

The risk of housing collapses and landslides had increased, he said, urging residents "to pay full attention to seismic activity and rainfall and not to go into dangerous areas."

The earthquake also caused travel disruption, with all flights cancelled from Sapporo's main Chitose airport, where the quake brought down part of a ceiling and burst a water pipe. Local buses and trains and bullet train services were halted.

Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko said it would take "at least a week" for power to be restored to nearly three million homes after a fire in the area's largest thermal plant was discovered.

And the national meteorological agency warned that more bad weather could be on the way for Hokkaido, urging people to be vigilant for landslides, high tides and heavy rain.

Japan sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where many of the world's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.

In June, a deadly tremor rocked the Osaka region, killing five people and injuring over 350.

On March 11, 2011, a devastating 9.0-magnitude quake struck under the Pacific Ocean, and the resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and claimed thousands of lives. (AFP)
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Hello Jammu News at 11:35:00 AM 0



Jammu, Aug 29 : A fresh landslide struck Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district today, forcing closure of the strategically important and only all weather road connecting Kashmir with rest of the country, officials said.

The major landslide occurred at Kheri Passi morh around 3 am, blocking the highway and leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, a traffic department official said.

He said men and machinery have been moved to the spot by the concerned agencies and clearance operation was going on in full swing.

"The clearance operation is likely to be completed within next five hours," the official said.

He said Srinagar-bound vehicles, which left Jammu this morning, were stopped at various places.

A massive landslide in Ramban district had blocked the highway for two days on August 25 and 26.PTI

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Hello Jammu News at 2:13:00 PM 0

Yangon, Jul 25: At least 27 people are feared dead following a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, police said today, as heavy rains hampered the search for survivors.

The poorly-regulated and notoriously corrupt multibillion-dollar industry in remote Kachin state is frequently hit by fatal disasters, and the victims often come from poor ethnic communities.

The latest disaster hit remote Set Mu sub-township early Tuesday following heavy rains in the area, burying at least 27 people, mostly from the impoverished ethnic Rawang group, local police officer Aung Zin Kyaw told AFP.

"We haven't found any dead bodies yet. We will search again today with the Red Cross and fire brigade," he said.

With only about 70,000 members, the mainly-Christian Rawang are one of Myanmar's smallest ethnic groups and live predominantly in the mountainous north, with many employed in the informal mining sector.

With few regulations and little oversight in the hugely profitable sector -- mostly fuelled by soaring Chinese demand -- conditions are often dangerous, especially during the wet months.

"Before the rainy season, the people looking for jade were destroying the land. Now it is raining and the ground is not stable and very muddy," local resident Shwe Thein told AFP Wednesday.

Dozens of people have been killed by landslides this year in the Hpakant region of Kachin state, where a major incident in November 2015 left more than 100 dead.

Watchdog Global Witness estimated that the jade industry was worth some 31 billion in 2014, a huge proportion of which did not reach state coffers.

Jade and other natural resources, including timber, gold and amber, help finance both sides in a decades-long conflict between ethnic Kachin rebels and the military as they battle to control the mines and the income they bring.

Since a 17-year ceasefire broke down in 2011, more than 100,000 people have been displaced due to the fighting, many multiple times.

Civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on coming to power in 2016 that ending the country's myriad conflicts was her top priority but an ongoing peace process is yet to yield any significant results. (AFP)
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Hello Jammu News at 3:56:00 PM 0

Kathmandu, Jul 13: A huge landslide and flood triggered by torrential rains in Nepal today killed at least eight persons, including three of a family while more than 3,000 people were displaced, prompting deployment of the army for rescue and relief operations.

The landslide hit the Bhaktapur district last night and swept away the home of the family while they were asleep.

The bodies of the victims were identified as that of a 70-year-old man, his 62-year-old wife and their granddaughter. The bodies have been pulled out of the debris, police said.

Two persons were killed in Rupandehi, one each in Kapilvastu, Baglung and jhapa districts, according to the official.

Parts of Bhaktapur Municipally have been submerged due to the flood on the Hanumante river following continuous downpour for the past three days.

Dozens of houses were inundated due to the flood displacing hundreds of people.

Inspector Himal Shrestha, spokesperson for the Bhaktapur Police, said 111 people were rescued from floods in the Radhe Radhe area and the nearby Khasangkhusung river.

"Most of the people we rescued are earthquake victims staying in temporary shelters and vegetable farmers. Their place is unlivable," said Shrestha, adding that they may be displaced for two more days.

Over 700 security personnel, more than five dozen Armed Police personnel and Nepal Army soldiers--and Red Cross members were deployed for the rescue operation. They used rafts and cranes to rescue the people, the Kathmandu Post reported.

Schools, hospitals, shops, and industries in the Radhe Radhe and Madhyapur Thimi areas remained closed throughout the day as water level rose up to four feet above ground.

This is not the first time that the area has been inundated. In 2015, Hanumante River displaced 850 people from their temporary shelters at the Maheshwori playground. These victims had become homeless in the earthquake earlier that year.

Chief District Officer Narayan Prasad Bhatta said the inundation was caused by the swollen river. Geologists blamed encroachment of riverbanks and haphazard sand mining for the mayhem.

In June, at least three persons of a family, including a girl, were killed in a huge landslide triggered by torrential rains. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 1:50:00 PM 0

Imphal, Jul 11: At least seven persons were killed in landslides at three places in the hill district of Tamenglong in Manipur in the wee hours today, police said.

The incidents took place between 2.30 am to 3.00 am at Tamenglong town, they said.

Rescue operations are on with the help of the district administration and state police, a police officer said, adding poor accessibility of the area was causing hindrance to the operations.

Unofficial reports said the victims were mostly children.  (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 1:59:00 PM 0

Srinagar, July 5: The Amarnath yatra to the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas remained suspended today for the second consecutive day from both Pahalgam and Baltal routes due to landslides and shooting stones.

"Yatra via both Baltal as well as Pahalgam routes remained suspended for the second day due of landslides and shooting stones at several places and intermittent rains in the Yatra area," a spokesman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) said.

He said, however, limited helicopter services functioned from both routes.

Three pilgrims died and four other persons suffered injuries when they came under a landslide between Brarimarg and Railpathri on Baltal route on Tuesday night while two pilgrims were killed by shooting stones over the past two days.

Six other persons have died due to cardiac arrest since the pilgrimage to the 3880 metre high cave shrine began on 28 June. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 1:45:00 PM 0

Srinagar, Jul 4: Three pilgrims were killed in a landslide even as another died due to cardiac arrest, taking the death toll during this year's Amarnath Yatra to 10, officials said today.

A rescue team recovered the body of Delhi resident Shailendra (30) from the landslide-hit area along the Baltal route of the pilgrimage today, a police official said.

He added that the bodies of two other pilgrims -- Jyoti Sharma (35) from Delhi and Ashok Mahto (51) from Bihar -- were recovered last night itself.

Five others -- two pilgrims and three ponywallas -- were injured in the landslide, which was triggered by heavy rainfall between Railpatri and Brarimarg on the Baltal route of the annual pilgrimage, the police official said.

The Jammu and Kashmir police had yesterday said in a tweet that five people had died in the landslide. However, the police clarified this morning that the death toll in the landslide stood at three.

The police official also informed that a 60-year-old pilgrim from Gujarat, Naniben Parma, died due to cardiac arrest at the Panjtarni base camp last evening, adding that the body was taken to the Baltal base camp for further legal proceedings.

With this, the death toll in this year's yatra has gone up to 10.

The pilgrimage began on June 28 and is scheduled to conclude on August 26, coinciding with Raksha Bandhan. (PTI)
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 14: Four people, including three children, died and at least 10 others were reported missing after a landslide struck a remote village in Kozhikode district early today, as heavy rainfall continued to batter northern Kerala.
With this, the toll in rain-related incidents rose to 27 since the onset of the southwest monsoon in late May, official sources said.
The four people died in Kattipara village in Thamarassery taluk. Rescue operations were underway to trace those missing.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan confirmed the deaths in the landslide and described them as "very tragic".
The area has been receiving heavy rainfall since last night.
"Chief secretary and respective district collectors were directed to take urgent relief measures in the rain-affected areas. A team of National Disaster Response Force is on their way to Kozhikode," Vijayan said.
Besides Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Wayanad and Kasargod districts were hit by flash floods and landslides, the sources said.
The dams in the area have reached their maximum storage capacity and the rivers have swollen.
Authorities have asked people living downstream of Kakkayam reservoir in Kozhikode and Neyyar Dam in Thiruvananthapuram to remain vigilant as the shutters of the dams may be opened any time to release the excess water.
Movement of vehicles has been disrupted at many places, especially on Kozhikode-Wayanad route, following landslides.
Several roads have developed cracks and others washed away. The downpour is continuing in many hilly regions.
More than 270 houses were partially damaged, while eight were completely damaged across Kerala, officials at the state control room for diaster management here said. (PTI)
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Srinagar, Apr 20: The national highway, connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir was closed yet again on Friday due to fresh snowfall, while landslides forced closure of traffic on 86-km-long historic Mughal road.
However, despite rain the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road, linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was through for only one-way traffic.
There was fresh snowfall on the 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway at Zojila, Meenmarg and other areas due to which road had become slippery forcing authorities to suspend traffic, a traffic police official told.
He said if the weather improves and road become safe for journey, traffic will be allowed on the highway.
'We are allowing traffic from Drass in Ladakh to Sonamarg in Kashmir in the morning from 0500 hrs to 1100 hrs everyday when the highway remains open, he said adding later traffic is allowed from here to Drass.'
The historic Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu was also closed for traffic movement following landslides in Pir-ki-Gali area. The authorities have already pressed into service sophisticated machines to put through the road, which is also seen as alternative to Srinagar-Jammu national highway.
The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was through for only one-way traffic, he said.
On Friday traffic will ply from Srinagar to Jammu only and no vehicle will be allowed from opposite direction, he said adding the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) , responsible for the maintenance of the highway, was already on the job to make it two-way at Peera Ramban where landslides had occurred on Wednesday. Only one-way traffic would continue till further orders. UNI 
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Srinagar, Sept 19 : Traffic on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was disrupted for several hours this morning due to fresh landslides. Traffic on the highway was disrupted early this morning due to fresh landslides at Ramsoo, a traffic police official told . He said the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and other agencies, responsible for the maintenance of the highway, immediately put in to service sophisticated machines and men and cleared the landslides, caused due to widening of road. Traffic was resumed after several hours disruption, he said. However, he said, the light vehicles will ply from both sides, while heavy traffic will continue to ply one-way till further orders. 'We allowed light vehicles from both Srinagar and Jammu after clearance of the landslides on the highway, he said, adding that heavy vehicles will ply from Srinagar to Jammu. Hundreds of vehicles, carrying fruit and vegetables besides empty oil tankers left different parts of the valley for Jammu today. Heavy vehicles will be allowed from Jammu to Srinagar tomorrow and no vehicle, including the Army and other security agencies will be allowed from opposite direction. Meanwhile, traffic on national highway, linking Ladakh region with Kashmir and 86-km-long historic Mughal road, are through for traffic with some restrictions. Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region is seen as alternative to Srinagar-Jammu national highway. UNI

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Srinagar, Aug 16 (UNI) The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, has been closed due to landslides. However, the historic Mughal road and highway linking Ladakh region with Kashmir were through for traffic, a traffic police official told UNI. He said the Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed last evening following fresh landslides at several places, including at Rattanbas Banihal. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway, immediately pressed into service sophisticated machines and men to clear the landslides and resume traffic. The road clearance operation was on when the reports last came in, he said, adding that traffic will be resumed only after receiving green signal from the BRO and officials posted at different places on the highway. He said no fresh vehicle was allowed from Srinagar or Jammu. Meanwhile, large number of vehicles, including trucks loaded with essentials for Kashmir valley, are stranded at some places on other side of the Banihal. Fresh traffic will be allowed only after clearing stranded vehicles. For security reasons no security force vehicle was allowed on the highway yesterday. The historic Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, was through for both way traffic. UNI

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Shimla/Mandi, Aug 14 : At least 48 people died in the landslide that struck Mandi town on the intervening night of August 12-13. Rescue operation are still on as more bodies are being recovered from the muck. An NDRF team recovered four more bodies this morning. Deputy Commissioner of Mandi Sandeep Kadam said four more bodies were recovered this morning, out of which 33 have been identified. Two buses and few other light vehicles were washed down by flash flood at Kotropi area on Pathankot-Mandi National Highway near Jogindernagar of Mandi district on the intervening night of August 12 and 13. Teams of Indian Army and NDRF along with Public Work Department and other people have been working hard to rescue the trapped people in the two HRTC buses and washed away in the downstream. The wreckage of both buses found buried and washed down leaving most of bodies trapped in the derbies and muck about one and half kilometre down the spot. The deceased have been identified as Suresh Kumar of Mandi Padhar, Babu Ram (Udhampur, J&K), Khub Ram (Kullu), Pawan Kumar (Manali), Kartar Chand (Kangra), Subhash Singh (Katthwan J&K), Sagar Singh (Katthwan, J&K), Ajay Kumar (Kupoorthala Punjab),Mandeep Singh (Vikasnagar J&K),Chandan Sharma (driver of bus belonging to Balah of Mandi), Hem Singh (Mandi), Palak Sharma (Salooni Chamba), Shila Devi (Bharour), Muskan Sharma (Salooni), Manisha Kumari (Pukhari Chamba), Amit Kumar (Pukhar), Aman Sharma (Salooni ) Geeta Devi (Salooni), Devender Sharma (Bharmour), Sai Pal ( Nurpur Kangra) Som Dev (Bharmour ), Pankaj (Chachoga Manali),Pushak Raj Dhara (Kullu), Mandeep Sigh (Karnbagh J&K), Vijay Kumar (Rayav Khela Chamba), Madan Lal (Salooni), Pawan Kumar (Salooni) and Moha Singh Murang (Indora Kangra). Three bodies were recovered from another Manali to Katra bus, which were identified as Suruchi Thakur (22) Joginderngar, Neha Khadun Sarkaghat of Mandi and Vinod of Sadarmandi. The body of a bike rider Sunny Kumar of Jogindernagar was also recovered from the muck. Seven injured were identified as Manju (20) of Karsog, Shubham (21) Shimla, Suchitra (19) of Shimla, Jyoti Sharma (18) of Shimla and Anita (23) of Jogindernagar, Babu Sharma of Patna, and Rakesh of Dharamshala admitted at Mandi Hospital. The buses were in Joginderngar and Mandi junction of NH-154 when they had stopped for a tea break when the incident occurred. The District administration has released helpline numbers: 0195226201, 226202,226203 and 226204 and announced ane ex-gratia relief of Rs five-lakh each to deceased. The injured were handed over Rs 15,000 each. The Revenue Minister has also announced Rs four-lakh each to the deceased apart from the Administration. UNI
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The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, connecting the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was closed today due to fresh landslides.


Srinagar, Jul 24 : The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, connecting the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was closed today due to fresh landslides. 'We have suspended traffic on the highway due to fresh landslides in Ramban and Penthal area at 0900 hrs,' a traffic police official told . He said the highway was through for both way light vehicle traffic since early this morning. However, fresh landslides, particularly in Penthal area of the highway, forced closure of the road, he added. He said the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway, has already pressed into service sophisticated machines and men to clear the landslide and restored the traffic. However, he said, it will take some time as there was also threat of shooting stones. Meanwhile, vehicles, carrying Amarnath pilgrims, who had left Jammu for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps early this morning, have been stopped at safe place to be allowed only when a green signal is received from traffic police and BRO that road is through for traffic. Similarly, Jammu-bound vehicles have also been stopped on this side of the Banihal. Traffic on the highway has been suspended frequently due to landslides and shooting stones this year. However, the national highway, connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir and historic Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, are through. UNI

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Jammu, Jul 18 : A convoy of Amarnath Yatra was halted as Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed due to landslide in Ramban district. "The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was blocked due to landslide at Panthial in view of heavy rain," police said. They said that the traffic has been suspended on the highway, adding, "the convoy carrying yatris who have to perform pilgrimage via Pahalgam route had crossed the landslide hit area." The convoy for Baltal route has got stranded due to blocked highway, adding, "due to heavy rains, the road clearance work has not yet started." He said that the vehicles are stopped at Nagrota, Udhampur, Kud, Batote and will be allowed only after the road clearance. UNI 
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Srinagar, Jul 18: Hundreds of vehicles, including those carrying Amarnath yatris, were stranded at various places on both sides of the Jawahar Tunnel on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, connecting Kashmir Valley with the rest of the country, due to landslides triggered by heavy rain. “The traffic on the 300-km-long has been suspended due to landslides at Kheri in Udhampur and Pathipangara,” a traffic police official told UNI. However, he said the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway, has pressed into service sophisticated machines and men to put through the highway. “We will allow traffic only after getting green signal from the BRO and traffic police officials posted at several places on the highway,” he said, adding that there is still threat of more landslides. Meanwhile, hundreds of vehicles, including carrying pilgrims, who had left Jammu this morning, are stranded on the highway. The pilgrim vehicles have been stopped at safe places, official sources said. UNI 
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Hello Jammu News at 1:39:00 PM 0
Traffic on the two main national highways of Manipur were affected due to landslide and break down of bridge. The Imphal Mao highway was affected by landslide and movement of heavy vehicles were restricted. Meanwhile, a Barak bridge in Imphal Jiribam highway sector collapsed today.


Imphal, Jul 17: Traffic on the two main national highways of Manipur were affected due to landslide and break down of bridge. The Imphal Mao highway was affected by landslide and movement of heavy vehicles were restricted. Meanwhile, a Barak bridge in Imphal Jiribam highway sector collapsed today. A panel of the bridge collapsed when a truck bringing chicken feed was crossing the bridge. About 200 trucks carrying goods coming towards Imphal were stranded on the highway. Using an old bridge some light vehicles were coming towards Imphal. Due to flood, frequent landslide and break down of bridges normal supply of essential supplies to Manipur have been affected. The government has requested the Centre to upgrade the Imphal Mao sector to four lane and it may start within a year. The Imphal Jiribam highway is not road worthy and most of the bridges were constructed during WW II by the Britishers. The BRO which is responsible for looking after the highway was recently dropped and responsibility given to the NHIDCL a government of India undertaking by the Union government. UNI

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