Jammu, Aug. 31 -- Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) President and former minister Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen has expressed deep grief over the tragic loss of lives and widespread destruction caused by a series of cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides across Jammu and Kashmir during the past week. He extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured.

Yaseen said that J&K has witnessed a chain of natural calamities in just a few days. A cloudburst in Doda's Gandhor area claimed several lives and washed away property; heavy rains near Katra triggered floods and landslides that killed dozens of Vaishno Devi pilgrims and locals; Ramban's Rajgarh tehsil was hit by a cloudburst on Saturday l...