Kupwara Admin Stands Strong Against Weather Vagary, Locates 336 Families To Safer Places On War-footing Basis

Several Bridges, Other Infrastructure Projects Suffer Substantial Damage

Kupwara: The water level has crossed the danger mark and floods stand notified by the concerned Executive Engineers Irrigation and Flood Control in their respective jurisdictions. As many as 336 families from the flood-affected areas of Kupwara district have been relocated to safer places on Monday by District Administration.

198 families have been evacuated from Handwara tehsil alone.

51 villages of the district have been partly affected in the district and 5 villages of Handwara have been fully affected by the floods.

Floods have damaged some major infrastructure assets which include Shumriyal Bridge, Khumryal Bridge (side walls), Shatmuqam bridge, Sohipora- Hayhama bridge, Farkyan bridge, Shumryal- Gundajhanger road, cut off due to scouring, 2 RDD buildings at Kupwara and AD Handicrafts office building and a breach in Doban Kachama dam.

Meanwhile all the border roads have been closed due to fresh snowfall and avalanche threat.

The District Administration has said that there is no need to panic as all the men and machinery have been pressed in to take necessary rescue, relief and restoration measures. Water level is continuously monitored and evacuation measures are underway in the flood prone areas.

21 Shelter homes have been established across the district. The general Public has been advised to approach the District Control Room headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner/Assistant Commissioner Revenue and Tehsil Level control Rooms, headed by the concerned Tehsildars, for any assistance.

 Meanwhile class work remained suspended in the schools of the District on Monday and as directed by Div Com will remain suspended for tomorrow also.

Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Ms. Ayushi Sudan has directed for immediate restoration measures to connect Shumryal and Gundjahanger villages.

Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Ms. Ayushi Sudan accompanied by other officers, during the day undertook an extensive tour of the affected areas, where she took stock of the flood situation and directed concerned people to focus on evacuation measures so that lives are saved. Later on, she took a review of the flood situation in a meeting of the District Disaster Management Authority and passed directions to all the concerned people involved in the rescue, relief and restoration works.

DC urged the residents not to venture close to water bodies and Nalla and co-operate with the District Administration.