Jammu, Aug. 16 -- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today visited the cloudburst disaster site in Chositi village oof district Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.

He lauded the integrated joint efforts of the government and the people in carrying out the rescue and the relief operation.

Earlier, Dr. Jitendra Singh had tried to reach the site in an Air Force Helicopter but when the air sortie got suspended because of the inclement weather, he took the road route and could reach the exact site only by midnight.

"After a long tedious uphill drive, managed to reach the site of cloudburst disaster in Chositi, Kishtwar.. very late around midnight", Dr. Singh tweeted past midnight".

The Minister was received at the site by Lop J&K Assembly Sunil S...