Jammu, Sept. 17 -- In a compassionate and practical decision aimed at supporting families devastated by the August 14 cloudburst, authorities have decided to officially declare the 32 missing persons from Choshiti village dead within six months.
The announcement is being treated as a special case, as the missing individuals have been untraceable since the massive cloudburst and subsequent flash flood ravaged the area, destroying homes, farmland, and lives.
Under existing government rules, a missing person can only be officially declared dead after a period of seven years. However, given the extreme circumstances and the near certainty that the missing persons did not survive the disaster, the administration has chosen to relax this rule t...