India, Aug. 17 -- Union Minister Jitendra Singh reviewed the rescue and relief operations in Jammu and Kashmir's cloudburst-hit Kishtwar district and said the priority was to trace the people still missing and believed to be buried under the debris.
Accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat, the minister reached the devastated Chisoti village around midnight on Friday.
"I think a disaster of this scale was never witnessed, at least in this part of the country and it took everybody by surprise... the priority is to trace the people who are still miss-ing," Singh told reporters at the village.
Stating that many people are still buried under the debris, he appreciated the rescuers and said they have swung int...