Bandipora, 19 Jul: Heavy rains today morning across Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district triggered landslides.
The landslide hit centrally located Tehsil of Dawar in Gurez.
“The brief but high intensity rains triggered landslide near Dawar bridge, it damaged a cowshed which housed around two calves that have been killed,” Tehsildar Gurez, Jaweed Ahamd Dar told Greater Kashmir.
Dar said the lanslide brough down slush and rocks that triggered the Tulail-Dawar roads closure, but added that no residential house was damaged amd that no human life was lost.
The officer informed that the rains had stopped and that clearing operarion was on to restore the road connectivity.
“It will take hour or half to clear the road,” the officer added.
He added there were no any other reports so far from the Gurez valley so far.
Greater Kashmir received reports of water logging across several other areas of the district, with water channels and Irrigation canals overflowing and roads being submerged.
District administration had already issued an advisory in view of the adverse weather conditions.
It urged all residents to remain vigilant, as heavy rains may trigger cloudbursts, flash floods, landslides, mudslides, shooting stones, and other weather-related hazards, posing a risk to life and property.
The general has been public is advised to aoid unnecessary travel, particularly in hilly, landslide-prone and low-lying areas.
Staying away from riverbanks, streams, nallahs and flood-prone locations.
It requested public to immediately report any emergency, damage or distress situation to the District Control Room on following numbers: 01957-225322, 7006526985, 7006328689
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