India, Feb. 28 -- A joint team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police rescued 11 labourers trapped in a flood at a construction site on the Ujh river in Kathua on Friday, officials said.

SDRF inspector Mohammad Iqbal said, "Early on Friday morning, 11 labourers of Megha Construction Company were trapped after a flashflood at a construction site on the Ujh river. A police team from Rajbagh, along with SDRF, reached the spot and rescued all of them."

In another incident, police along with SDRF rescued a dumper driver from the Niki Tawi river. "The driver had climbed atop the cabin of the truck as the water level rose. Eventually, we rescued him," a police officer said.

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