JAMMU (PTI): The toll in unprecedented floods in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has risen while the Indian air force continued air-dropping food packers in areas where people have been marooned..
An official spokesman said Maximum casualties have been reported from Udhampur district.
These include five of a family of Abdul Aziz in landslide in Pouni, and six persons of the family of Om Prakash at Parkash in Reasi sub-division, Four persons were reported to have been washed away at the Puli Morh in Ans Nullah along with their cattle, and eight other laborers died in Salal tunnel.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 25, 1992
