The devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir, which has left over 200 dead, was predicted by the state's flood control department four years ago, a media report said Wednesday.
According to a report in English daily Greater Kashmir, the flood control department warned in a report in 2010 that a massive flood may engulf the state in the next five years.
The report was sent to the union water resources ministry along with a Rs.2,200-crore project report to develop infrastructure to deal with floods, the daily said.
The report had assesssed that "the Srinagar-Jammu highway may be washed away, leaving the valley cut off from the rest of the country".
It added: "The Indira Gandhi Road leading to airport will also be submerged, cutting the aerial access to the valley as well."
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