Fresh landslide reported in J-K

A fresh landslide was reported in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, adding to the woes of people of the state

The Armed Forces and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have rescued over 1,10,000 people from flood-hit areas of the state so far.

Meanwhile, the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has rushed two lakh litres of water bottles for the flood affected people of the Jammu and Kashmir.

The ministry has also dispatched water purification plants of four lakh litres capacity per day to help augment the drinking water supplies in the state as a part of the central relief measures.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has direction all the Ministries and Departments of the Central government to join in the rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures to help and assist the state government in tiding over the unprecedented natural calamity faced by the people of Jammu and Kashmir.