Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit flood affected areas of Kishtwar district on Sunday, as rescue and relief operations continue for the ninth consecutive day after the destructive cloudburst in Chasoti village.
Sources told the news agency -Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Rajnath Singh is expected to review the ongoing rescue efforts, meet the affected families, and take stock of relief measures.
Cloudbers killed on 14 August triggered a large -scale flash floods and has so far claimed at least 65 lives, more than 70 people are still missing.
Rescue teams including Army, NDRF, SDRF and local administration personnel are engaged in large-scale operations to detect missing persons (KNO)