Jammu, Aug. 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that as per his information, around 60 people have died while 70 to 80 are still missing in the cloudburst hit Chositi village in Kishtwar district.
He said that adequate teams are deployed for the ongoing rescue operation.
The Chief Minister, who reached Kishtwar on Friday evening via Sinthan Top from Kashmir, today visited the cloudburst affected village and reviewed the ongoing rescue operation and met the affected families.
Speaking to reporters at Chositi, Abdullah said, "So far the death toll is around 60 while 70 to 80 people are still missing, the number of which may fluctuate."
He however said that the reports about 500 or 1000 people missing, are incor...