Multiple Avalanches Lock Kishanganga River In Gurez

SRINAGAR: Multiple Avalanches have blocked the Kishanganga river flowing the Tulail valley in northern Kashmir’s Gurez sector, officials said here on Friday.

“Some avalanches have blocked the Kishanganga river at some places including chakwali and Angikoot in Tulail Tehsil of Gurez,” but there’s no report of any damage yet,” news agency KNO quoted an official as having said.

He said that these areas are prone to avalanches due to its mountainous terrain.

Following the incident, the official said that several teams from administration have been deputed to these areas to assess the situation.

He said that the administration in Gurez has also advised people living around the river to take necessary precautions to ensure their safety.

Similarly, another avalanche hit remote Paddar area of Kishtwar district, but there was no loss of life or damage to property, an official said, that the avalanche rolled into a river near a hamlet in Machil belt, but there was no damage caused as the village was away from the area.

Meanwhile, the JKDMA said that an avalanche with medium danger level is likely to occur above 2500 metres over Bandipore, Baramulla, Ganderbal in the next 24 hours. “General public is advised to restrict movement to only carefully selected safer routes with extreme care and Evacuate from unprotected settlements near the avalanche path,” it said.