Jammu, Sept. 2 -- The just-completed August has turned out to be the deadliest month in the history of Jammu and Kashmir because nearly 150 people, including 132 pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi and Machail Mata, lost their lives in cloudbursts, landslides, and flash floods.
Heavy rains in August wreaked havoc in the Jammu division, causing cloudbursts, flash floods, swelling rivers, and landslides that damaged infrastructure like bridges and roads.
In the beginning of this month on August 2, a young Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services (JKAS) officer, Rajinder Singh Rana, serving as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ramnagar, and his 10-year-old son were killed when a landslide struck their SUV in the Dharmari area of Reasi district of J...