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Baltal cloud burst: 10 Yatris die, over 40 missing
Srinagar, Jul 08: At least 10 pilgrims have died while more than three dozen are missing after a cloudburst hit Baltal area, which houses a base camp for the Amarnath pilgrimage, in Ganderbal district on Friday.
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The cloud burst happened around 5:30 p.m. and it triggered flash floods. Five people have been rescued while around 40 people are missing. More than two dozen tents and three langers have been reported washed away by the floods. “Ten pilgrims have died and their bodies have been recovered,” a senior NDRF official told GNS.
Teams of police, NDRF and SDRF besides security forces have been pressed into the service, officials told GNS.
Earlier in a tweet, Kashmir Zone Police said that “Cloud burst at Holy Cave Update: Six more deaths reported (Total 08 deaths so far). Injured persons airlifted for treatment. Rescue operation still going on.”
The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat expressed grief over deaths of Kulgam residents in a road accident at Shimla.
He said the District Administration Kulgam is in touch with Shimla Administration for transportation of last remains of all the deceased to their native villages.
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It was informed that six workers from Kulgam district died, and as many were injured in a road accident in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh today on Monday morning at 7am when a vehicle, they were travelling in, fell into a gorge in Sunny Kangal Kararghat.
The deceased have been identified as Fareed Ahmad Deedar, (24), Gulam Hussain Gorsi (43), Shabir Ahmad Deedar, (19), Talib Hussain Tinda (23), Gulzar Ahmad Deedar (30), and Mushtaq Ahmad Dedar (30)—all residents of Kulgam District.
The injured persons identified as Manzoor Ahmed S/O Bashir Ahmed Denda 20, Talib Hussain S/O Ab Gani Denda 23 both from Kulgam; Aslam S/O Ismail Deeded 24 from Anantnag and other injured are currently under treatment at the Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital (IGMCH).
The Haj Committee of India has invited Online Haj Application Forms for all the aspirants who intend to undertake Hajj journey 1445(H)—2024(CE).
The Haj application forms shall be available w.e.f 04/12/2023 and the last date for submission of the same has been fixed as 20th December, 2023.
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Before filing the application form online, the concerned Haj aspirants are hereby requested to go through Haj Policy available at Haj Committee website www.hajcommittee.gov.in.
Applicants must be in possession of Machine-Readable International Passport issued on or before the closing date of application and valid at least upto 31st Jan, 2025.
At least six workers from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district died, and as many were injured in a road accident in Shima district of Himachal Pradesh on Monday morning, police said.
Superintendent of Police Shimla Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi said that six people have died when a truck, they were travelling in, fell into a gorge in Kararghat.
He said three persons died on the spot while others died at a hospital. “Six others were also injured are currently under treatment at the Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital (IGMCH),” he said.
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The deceased have been identified as Fareed (24), Gulab (43), Shabir (19), Talib (23), Gulzar (30), and Mushtaq (30)—all residents of Kulgam.
The injured were identified as Ranjit, driver of the vehicle, Aslam, Talib Hussain, Akash Kumar, Ajay Thakur, and Manjoor.
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