Kashmir Floods: The Human Cost of a Tragedy

Dasha Singh had to leave his house after flood waters started to seep in. He along with family, is among the hundreds who sought refuge in a Gurudwara at Sanat Nagar in Srinagar suburbs.(Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)

Saleema Begum along with her granddaughter looks on at her flooded neighborhood in Tengpora in Srinagar. Tengpora was one the most affected areas in Srinagar with flood water submerging first floors of most houses.(Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)

A Volunteer carries relief supplies at a emergency relief camp setup in a school in Srinagar.(Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)

Kashmiri flood relief volunteer's talk among themselves in a emergency flood relief camp set up in a school in Srinagar.(Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)

Ghulam Mohammad Wani sits along with his grandaughter in the courtyard of a mosque in Baghat area of Srinagar. Wani has been living in the mosque along with his extended family since floods forced them out of their home.(Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)

Doctors at a emergency medical camp set up for flood victims in Sanat Nagar area of Srinagar.(Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)

A doctor vaccinates a baby at an emergency medical camp in Sanat Nagar area of Srinagar. The flood has raised possibilities of epidemics taking hold after the water recedes.(Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)

Saran Kaur and her family at Gurudwara Shaheed Bunga Sahib in Baghat area of Srinagar. The Gurudwara has turned into a relief camp for hundreds of people. Saran Kaur and her family have been at the camp after their house in Jawahar Nagar area -one of the worst affected- was submerged by the floods.(Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)

Muhammad Jabbar Sheikh along with his family sit infront a make shift tent that is pitched on the Srinagar-Baramulla Highway. Many of the displaced are now living in tents which have been pitched along the highway. (Picture by: Arshad Rasool Zargar)