News Topic:Floods

The state government failed to warn people of the fast approaching deluge despite knowing in advance that the flood waters had crossed the danger level, a SC constituted committee alleged.

A panel appointed by the Supreme Court following last month’s devastating floods has pointed out that no effective steps were taken to warn the people.

To find how Srinagar and other areas sank in the devastating flood on September 7, J&K Government has now sought help from the ISRO for mapping the deluge.

Reliance Communications’ subscribers in the flood-affected Kashmir region will get a 50 per cent waiver on voice packs and 100 per cent waiver on data packs.

Declaring 10 colleges as worst hit by the floods, the State’s Ministry of Higher Education has sent a note to the Cabinet recommending postponing of all examinations.

The Centre is all set to announce its package for the flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir next week as the State government is expected to submit its memorandum of losses.

The recent floods have dealt a heavy blow to Kashmir’s higher education sector with losses amounting to over Rs 100 crores and most of colleges are still non-functional.

It has been a few weeks since floods inundated Jammu and Kashmir, and the disaster response has not been equal to the needs.