JAMMU: Two govt teachers from Udhampur lost their lives after being swept away by flash floods in Jammu’s Ramban district, while heavy rains prompted the authorities to announce the closure of all govt and private schools in Poonch and Rajouri districts on Wednesday. Inclement weather in J&K also forced the Amarnath Yatra to be halted temporarily for the second time this month.
Jagdev Singh and Sanjay Kumar, both residents of Ghordi village of Ramnagar in Udhampur district, were on a motorcycle when they were presumably caught in the flash floods on Nathatop-Sanasar road. The deceased were serving as govt teachers in Udhampur, and were in Ramban to attend a three-day training session at District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Kud, which began on July 29.
Cops at Patnitop police received information about a motorcycle lying on the roadside at Jalebi Morh nallah. Police teams were joined by SDRF personnel in a search/rescue operation along the seasonal rivulet, and found two bodies about 150 and 300 metres from the link road.
The duo was last seen by the locals on Tuesday evening when it was raining heavily in the Sanasar, and were possibly carried away by the strong currents of a mountain stream due to a sudden surge of water, police said.
With the MeT department predicting heavy to moderate rains in many parts of J&K over the next three days, the school education board postponed class 12 examinations scheduled for Wednesday in both J&K and Ladakh, and said the revised date would be announced soon.
In view of the adverse weather, the authorities on Wednesday suspended the Amarnath Yatra from both Pahalgam and Baltal routes. Jammu divisional commissioner Rakesh Kumar said since the movement of pilgrims from base camps was affected, it had been decided that “no convoy movement shall be allowed towards the base camps Baltal and Nunwan from Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu, on July 31”.
The annual pilgrimage was earlier paused on July 17 following a warning of heavy rain in many parts of J&K.
Jagdev Singh and Sanjay Kumar, both residents of Ghordi village of Ramnagar in Udhampur district, were on a motorcycle when they were presumably caught in the flash floods on Nathatop-Sanasar road. The deceased were serving as govt teachers in Udhampur, and were in Ramban to attend a three-day training session at District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Kud, which began on July 29.
Cops at Patnitop police received information about a motorcycle lying on the roadside at Jalebi Morh nallah. Police teams were joined by SDRF personnel in a search/rescue operation along the seasonal rivulet, and found two bodies about 150 and 300 metres from the link road.
The duo was last seen by the locals on Tuesday evening when it was raining heavily in the Sanasar, and were possibly carried away by the strong currents of a mountain stream due to a sudden surge of water, police said.
With the MeT department predicting heavy to moderate rains in many parts of J&K over the next three days, the school education board postponed class 12 examinations scheduled for Wednesday in both J&K and Ladakh, and said the revised date would be announced soon.
In view of the adverse weather, the authorities on Wednesday suspended the Amarnath Yatra from both Pahalgam and Baltal routes. Jammu divisional commissioner Rakesh Kumar said since the movement of pilgrims from base camps was affected, it had been decided that “no convoy movement shall be allowed towards the base camps Baltal and Nunwan from Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu, on July 31”.
The annual pilgrimage was earlier paused on July 17 following a warning of heavy rain in many parts of J&K.
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