Jammu, Aug. 16 -- A wave of grief has swept over Banagarh village in the Miran Sahib area of R.S. Pura sub-division after eight members of a single family went missing in the aftermath of the devastating cloudburst in Chosoti, Kishtwar.
The missing were on a pilgrimage to Machail Mata when flash floods tore through the region. Vijay Kumar, one of the surviving members from the group, is in psychological shock after witnessing the catastrophe.
As rescue operations battle hostile terrain and weather, villagers hold on to a sliver of hope, even as time runs out. The tragedy has plunged the entire village into collective mourning, turning once lively homes into spaces of silence and prayers.
The community reels from the devastation of the Au...