Heavy rains in the upper hills of the Jammu region on Monday caused a landslide on the Himkoti trail, which leads to the sacred Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra, Reasi. The route has been temporarily closed.
Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted more rain in the Jammu and Kashmir region over the past 24 hours.
Due to the track’s closure, battery cars and other vehicles transporting supplies and cargo could not operate.
In order to remove the debris, which had spread across a 30-foot area, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) promptly sent out people and equipment.
No casualties reported as of now.
Landslide in Northeast India
Train services between south Assam, Tripura, Manipur, and Mizoram and the rest of the country via Guwahati have been suspended since Monday evening amid landslides impacting the railway track in the New Haflong-Jatinga Lampur section of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), an official said.
NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that on account of boulders along with land mass falling over the railway track in the New Haflong-Jatinga Lampur section, the train services in the Lumding–Badarpur hill section had to be suspended from Monday evening in order to ensure safety of railway passengers.
He said that the landslides occurred owing to improper construction work being undertaken by the NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) for repairing roads.
The CPRO said that it was learnt that road repairing works were going on in that area and as a result of the work, the slope on the downstream side between the road and rail line bulged out, forcing the entire mass moving towards the railway track.
Landslide on Yamunotri walking route
One person sustained injuries and two others are feared to be trapped following a landslide that struck the Yamunotri walking route at Nau Kanchi in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, officials said on Monday.
Local authorities have launched a rescue operation to locate and extricate those feared trapped under the debris.
With inputs from agencies
