Heightened vigil along banks of Jhelum

Police, roads and buildings department, and border roads organisation plug breach in Pampore

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Timely action by the authorities yesterday saved south Kashmir’s Pampore town from being inundated as the flood situation continued to remain grim in the Kashmir Valley.

Police, roads and buildings department and the border roads organisation personnel plugged a breach in the embankment of River Jhelum in Pampore area, saving the town.

Jammu and Kashmir governor N.N. Vohra chaired a meeting of senior officials in Srinagar to discuss relief measures and the situation that has arisen due to the rising water levels in River Jhelum and its tributaries.

The flood control department has already declared an emergency in the Valley.

Authorities closed schools and colleges in Valley yesterday.

Flood control rooms and helplines have been set up in all districts of the Valley where the concerned district magistrates are personally supervising the relief and rescue preparedness.

People living in low-lying areas and along mountain streams have been advised to remain alert and not to venture near the swollen water bodies. all the

Amarnath trek suspended

Volunteers of disaster management and state police are continuously monitoring the situation along the embankments of River Jhelum to ensure that any breach in the embankment is plugged in time.

The Amarnath shrine route remained suspended for the second consecutive day as authorities did not allow worshippers to move from Jammu towards the valley yesterday.