Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 6 (ANI): Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra continued to stay suspended for the twelfth consecutive day on Saturday because of persistent hostile climate circumstances and incidents of landslides alongside the pilgrimage route.
Heavy rainfall over the previous a number of days triggered landslides and highway blockages within the Trikuta Hills, making the pilgrimage route unsafe for devotees.
According to the Regional Meteorological Centre of Srinagar, there is no such thing as a alert for the district until September 7. However, the climate division has issued a yellow alert for ‘thunderstorms, lightning and squalls’ for September 8-9.
The Vaishno Devi Yatra was suspended after a landslide on August 26 that killed 34 individuals and injured a number of. The catastrophe struck within the afternoon, round 3 pm, when heavy rains triggered an enormous landslide close to the Inderprastha Bhojnalaya at Adhkuwari, about midway alongside the 12-kilometre trek from Katra to the shrine.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had ordered the structure of a high-level three-member committee to analyze the causes of the landslide.
Shaleen Kabra, Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Jal Shakti, Jammu and Kashmir, is heading the committee, which incorporates the Divisional Commissioner and the Inspector General of Police, Jammu.
According to an official order, the committee additionally contains the Divisional Commissioner and the Inspector General of Police, Jammu.
The committee has been tasked with conducting an in depth investigation and submitting its report inside two weeks to LG Sinha, who can be the chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), it stated.
The order has said that the Committee shall study intimately the causes and causes behind the incident and level out any lapses, assess responses within the type of rescue and reduction measures undertaken, and counsel acceptable SOPs and measures for stopping recurrence of such incidents sooner or later, the order stated.
Meanwhile, villagers within the Bhaderwah areas of Doda district have been reduce off after cloudbursts and flash floods, which led the 4 Rashtriya Rifles unit of the Army to assemble a makeshift wood footbridge in beneath 18 hours to revive connectivity within the affected areas.
The calamity that struck Beja village earlier this week washed away important roads, leaving residents of Butla, Beja, Shrekhi, and Katyara remoted from the principle city. (ANI)