Two children were killed as their house collapsed due to heavy rains and rising water levels in Zanskar area of Kargil district last night, they said.Several other houses were damaged due to the rains and flashfloods in small streams of Zanskar area. Similar reports were received from Leh district where the rivers were flowing close to danger mark.
In Bandipore area of Baramulla district two bridges were washed away by the fast flowing rivers which had swelled due to the heavy rains over the past few days, the sources said.
A defence spokesman said Army jawans rescued two boys who were washed away by the strong current of Arin river last evening.
Meanwhile, an official said there is no danger of flood in Kashmir valley so far as the Jhelum was flowing much below the danger mark
throughout the valley.
Due to heavy rains, most of the city roads were flooded, highlighting the failure of underground drainage system.
— PTI
