Jammu, Oct 11: A woman was feared drowned after she was swept away in a flash flood in Raipur Domana area, triggered by heavy rains that lashed Jammu and adjoining areas on Sunday besides several other parts of the division.
Torrential spell in Jammu, which recorded 185.6 mm of rains in 24 hours – setting a new record for October, also triggered landslides along Panjtirthi-Nagrota stretch, damaged many vehicles and properties in several low-lying areas in Jammu city and outskirts which were inundated.
Most affected areas due to intense rains that lasted three hours or so were Raipur Domana, Laxmi-Nagar Chinore, Durga Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Ban Talab, Roop Nagar, Bakshi Nagar, Dogra Chowk, Panjtirthi, Nagrota, Nanak Nagar, Preet Nagar etc., where the normal life was badly disrupted.
The inhabitants of these localities, particularly Raipur Domana, Durga Nagar, Subhash Nagar, Canal Road, Bakshi Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Nai Basti, Lower Muthi, suffered on account of heavy water-logging as rain water gained direct entry into their houses and commercial establishments, causing damage to properties and vehicles as drains and seasonal nullahs overflowed while lanes and by-lanes disappeared.
In Raipur Domana area, in a tragic incident, a husband-wife duo was caught in flash floods when they were trying to move their car to a safer side and gushing water from behind their house swept them away along with the vehicle. While the man, somehow, managed to survive the flash-flood fury; his wife was washed away downstream by fast-currents of water.
Though Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) immediately launched a search operation, the woman remained untraced.
Most of the roads in the city and its outskirts remained water-logged during the rains thus disrupting traffic flow. Landslides triggered by rains along Panjtirthi-Sidrah-Nagrota stretch also badly affected traffic movement. Situation eased after the debris was cleared by the men and machinery deployed by the NHAI and traffic was regulated.
Previously, Jammu, as per a private weather forecasting channel, had recorded 160 mm of rains on October 5, 1955.
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