SRINAGAR — Flash floods and cloudbursts have damaged more than 24,000 residential structures, over 5,300 roads and affected more than 1.06 lakh hectares of crop area across Jammu and Kashmir during 2025-26 and 2026-27, according to official data placed before the Legislative Assembly.
In a written reply to a starred question raised by Doda West MLA Shakti Raj Parihar during the ongoing autumn session, the Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR), as reported by the news agency KNS, detailed the extent of damage caused by the weather-related events.
Jammu Division bore the larger share of the reported damage, with 23,470 residential structures, 5,084 roads and 3,670 water supply schemes affected. Udhampur recorded the highest number of damaged houses in the division at 6,997, followed by Rajouri with 4,781 and Jammu district with 2,718.
In Kashmir Division, 946 residential structures, 289 roads and 513 water supply schemes were reported damaged. Budgam and Pulwama were among the worst-affected districts in the Valley, with 271 and 289 damaged residential structures respectively.
Agriculture sector records major losses
The agriculture sector also suffered substantial damage, with 99,300.29 hectares of crop area affected in Jammu Division and 7,021.965 hectares in Kashmir Division.
Jammu district alone accounted for 30,728 hectares of affected crop area.
In Kashmir, Kulgam recorded the highest affected crop area at 3,472 hectares, followed by Budgam with 1,764 hectares.
The floods and cloudbursts also resulted in the deaths of 5,207 livestock in Jammu Division and 37 in Kashmir Division, according to the government reply.
Restoration work underway
On restoration measures, the government said roads and water supply schemes damaged during 2025-26 had been temporarily restored, while permanent restoration work was underway.
For 2026-27, the affected infrastructure had been partially restored, with permanent restoration work in progress across the affected districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
The government also stated that no special financial package or separate relief package had been sanctioned for rehabilitation purposes.
Instead, financial assistance admissible under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) norms was being provided to affected persons.
The reply, however, noted that the Chief Minister had provided relief from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for structural damage in certain cases.
In Kishtwar district, for 2025-26, ₹1 lakh each was disbursed to 16 beneficiaries whose houses were damaged in a cloudburst at Chishoti, while ₹0.25 lakh each was provided to three beneficiaries whose houses suffered partial damage.
For 2026-27, ₹108 lakh was released for 87 beneficiaries in Poonch district, while ₹281 lakh was released for 377 beneficiaries in Rajouri under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
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