Srinagar, Jul 20 (KNS): Atleast six people have died while nine others were injured due to flashfloods caused by cloudburst in Thatri town of Doda district in Chenab valley on Thursday morning.
Officials said that six houses, two shops and a private school building was damaged in the natural calamity.
A police official said that the flash floods occured in the town along along the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway, leaving several people trapped.
Six bodies have been recovered thus and more than seveb were rescued from under the debris, the official said.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
A police officer said that the flash flood were triggered by cloudburst that hit Thathri town at 2.20 am, resulting in a massive increase in the water level of the ‘nullah’ flowing along the Jamai Masjid locality and it washed away several structures downstream.
“The entire district administration along with the police and Army have started rescue operation on a war footing,” the police official said.
The Batote-Doda-Kishtwar National has been closed. (KNS)