Doda, Aug. 28 -- Amid heavy rainfall and flash floods, residents of Doda moved to safer locations due to heavy destruction in the area.

Ganesh Kumar, a local who had also relocated to another area, stated that his entire house had been damaged after debris fell down.

"A loud sound was heard at around 2:30-3 AM. After a while, a lot of debris came down and everything in our house was damaged. We somehow saved our lives. My entire house is damaged. We are staying at someone else's house now..." Ganesh told ANI.

Meanwhile, the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has taken the responsibility of repatriating bodies of the landslide victims to their native places.

A devastating landslide occurred near the Vaishno Devi temple in Katra, Jammu and Kashm...