Jammu, Aug. 17 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Sunday met the injured victims of a cloudburst that hit Kishtwar district on August 14 at the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in Jammu, and said 61 bodies have been pulled out from the debris so far.
Flash floods triggered by the cloudburst struck Chisoti in Kishtwar district - the last motorable village en route the Machail Mata temple - at around 12:30 pm on August 14, leaving 61 persons dead and over 116 injured.
At the GMC Hospital, a team of doctors led by college principal Dr Ashutosh Gupta briefed Dulloo on the health condition of the injured, numbering more than 50 people.
"According to the latest figures, 61 people have died in the natural calamity. A t...