JAMMU, Sept. 3 -- Divisional commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar and an Inter-ministerial team led by Joint Secretary National Disaster Management Authority of India, Col Kirti Pratap Singh, chaired a meeting here at the Divisional Commissioner's Office to discuss the scale of damage in the Jammu region due to heavy rains and floods.
The Government of India has deputed an inter-ministerial central team for on-the-spot assessment of the situation in the wake of flash floods, cloud bursts and landslides that caused extensive damage in the Jammu Division. The team, comprising officials from the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways, the Ministry of Power, the Ministry of Rural Development, the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, the...