Leh Flash Floods

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  Srinagar-Leh Highway Blocked After Flash Floods Hit Jammu And Kashmir

  Cloudburst triggered by heavy rains caused flash floods which blocked the Srinagar-Leh highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Tuesday.

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  Flash Floods: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Orders Assessment of Damages in Leh

  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today issued directions to the Ladakh Affairs Department as well as district administration Leh to immediately carry out assessment of damages caused due to flash floods.

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  Flood in 3 States Kills 70, Village Badly Hit in Leh

  At least 70 people have been killed in floods in three states, Bengal, Odisha and Manipur, because of rain in the aftermath of cyclone Komen. There are reports that a flash flood has destroyed a village in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir.

• A year after flash floods, Rancho's school back to life

  A year after it was hit by flash floods, Druk Padma School, popular as Rancho's school after Aamir Khan's character in the film 3 Idiots, has come back to life.

• Leh: PM announces Rs 125 cr relief for cloudburst victims

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a Rs 125 crore relief packaged for the Leh cloudburst victims and said all houses destroyed by the natural calamity will be reconstructed within the next two-and-a-half months.Singh, who arrived in Leh on a day-long visit to take stock of relief and rehabilitation undertaken in the aftermath of flash floods i...

• Rahul Gandhi visits Leh, meets flood victims

  Reaching out to the victims of cloudburst here, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today promised them all possible help and lauded the security forces for their massive relief and rehabilitation effort.Rahul, who arrived a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's scheduled visit here, took stock of the situation in the worst-affected Choglamsar where ...

• Leh floods: Kalam's model village in ruins

  A model village, at least that's what former President APJ Abdul Kalam had called it in 2003 on a visit to Saboo village, when he saw its modern facilities comparable to any city.Today, Saboo is the epicenter of the devastation, that is Leh now, and those facilities are in ruins. "This village was very beautiful, but now it is been ruined," said Ts...

• Leh's bravehearts: The committed saviours

  In the midst of all the tragedy in Leh are stories of the bravehearts like Havaldar Paljor, who are fighting all odds to help in rescue efforts. As the flash flood hit Leh, Paljor's unit was the first one to be called in for rescue. As he began his work, he got to know word that his parents were badly hurt in the disaster. But the veteran soldier r...

• Leh flash floods: Army searches for missing jawans

  Following the disastrous flash floods that hit Leh on Friday, the Army is now searching for the bodies of 26 jawans who are missing from Thygasi near Turtuk along the Line of Control (Loc). (In Pics: Flash floods in Leh)This group of soldiers was untraceable after a hillock came crashing down on their post which is barely 150 metres from the LoC. S...

• Survivors recount the Leh devastation

  Bulat Kumar is still haunted by the trauma of the night when Leh was hit by a flash flood caused by a cloudburst. A labourer from Bihar, he was asleep in his tent with nine relatives when the floods hit Leh.All of them were washed away; he's the only one who survived and doesn't know if his family in a Bihar village even knows about the tragedy."We...