Jammu: Stranded passengers walk on the Jammu-Srinagar highway that was washed out after heavy rainfall and landslides near Jammu on Monday. (Source: PTI)A 48-hour predicted pause in the rainfall has given J&K government a chance to prepare for averting floods before another predicted heavy rainfall.
Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Farooq Ahmad Lone told The Indian Express that the administration is gearing up to deal with the situation that may arise during the predicted next spell of rainfall- starting from April 1. “Things have improved now and water has not only receded in South Kashmir, but in Srinagar as well. We are now gearing up for the next spell of rainfall,” he said. “We have already dispatched boats to various police station in the city.”
In fact, two out of eight NDRF teams that reached to Srinagar have been also kept on standby. An official said that six police stations have been identified in Srinagar where the NDRF teams would be stationed and kept ready to deal with any situation.
“It was decided yesterday that the NDRF teams would be sent to the nearest locations of the flood prone areas and incase they are needed, they can reach there immediately,” said a senior police official.
A boy moves towards safer place from the flood hit Hamdania Colony in Srinagar on Monday. The flood hits Kashmir valley again following incessent rains. (Source: PTI Photo)He said that for the last two days, more than 40 boats from Dal Lake have been dispatched to various police stations in Srinagar and different parts of the Valley.
With the weather improving, and no rainfall for last 36 hours in the Valley, the water level in the Jhelum in South Kashmir has shown a remarkable decrease.
The official figures for 11 am say the water level at Sangam in Anantnag was recorded 16.20 feet – a decrease of 6.35 feet since Monday morning. Though the water level in Jehlum in Srinagar has also decreased, it is still flowing above the flood declaration level. The water level at Ram Munshi-bagh in Srinagar was recorded 18.20 feet – a decrease of 1.50 feet.
The level in Jhelum in north Kashmir, however, continues to increase, keeping the administration on tenterhooks.
Kashmiri men assist a woman and a child to evacuate from a flooded area in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, March 30, 2015. (Source: AP photo)The water level at Asham in North Kashmir was recorded 12.75 feet – an increase of 1.34 feet since Monday morning.
Weather Department has already predicted another spell of rain from Wednesday. “From 1- 3 April we are expecting moderate rainfall in the Kashmir Valley. continued…
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