September 20, 2026 10:32 pm (IST)
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Modi to visit flood-hit J&K today
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): With massive floods ravaging the state of Jammu and Kashmir and claiming over 107 lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the calamity-hit state on Sunday to personally assess the gravity of the situation.
The Prime Minister was briefed on Saturday evening by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh after his return from a visit to Jammu and Kashmir to survey the flood-affected areas.
In view of the seriousness of the situation, Modi immediately called for a review meeting to assess the situation. The meeting was attended by the Cabinet Secretary, the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister and the Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister.
"After reviewing the situation, the Prime Minister decided to visit Jammu and Kashmir to personally assess the gravity of the situation and understand the problems being faced by the people," a government statement said.
Meanwhile, rescue operation by Army continued, employing more than 110 Army columns and engineer teams.
The forces rescued 13,000 people till Saturday evening.
Residents said they are living without power, internet connection or even fuel for both automobile and domestic use.
Rajnath Singh said over 2500 villages have been affected and over 450 villages submerged besides 107 people have lost their lives in flash flood so far.
Addressing a press conference here at Jammu, the Union Home Minister described the situation in many sectors as critical and assured the State Government of all help from the Centre.
He said the Prime Minister while expressing sympathies with affected people has assured all help from the Union Government to the State of Jammu and Kashmir
in this hour of crisis, adding that Modi has announced Rs. 2 lakh as ex-gratia relief to the next of kin of those who died and Rs. 50,000 to those who have received injuries in the flash floods.
The Union Home Minister said that due to bad weather he could not conduct the aerial survey in Srinagar, however, along with the Chief Minister he visited many inundated areas in Srinagar to get appraisal of the devastation caused by flood water and to assess the difficulties faced by people.
He said that he conducted aerial survey of the Jammu region and described the situation in many areas including Akhnoor sector as critical.
The Union Home Minister informed that 6 helicopters have been sent to the State for assisting the State administration in its efforts to rescue and evacuate people stranded in various submerged areas.
Major flood rescue operations started on Sept 2, however, with increasing involvement, Mission Sahayata was launched by the Army to cover areas in entire the Valley.
Army troops were working against all odds, endangering their own lives.
Army Formations continue to proactively reach out to flood affected people to render all possible assistance. Army helicopters are on standby and poor weather is restricting their full employment.
The worst affected area was between Udhampur and Jammu. The total rainfall recorded last 3 days over Udhampur,Jammu and Srinagar has been 493.2 mm, 327.2 mm and 146.3 mm respectively.
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