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Kishtwar Cloudburst Update: The rescue teams continued their coordinated search and relief operation for the third consecutive day on Saturday in a remote village in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, where a deadly cloudburst took place, killing 60 people and leaving over 100 injured. As the rescue operation entered day 3, the hope to find more survivors eluded. However, the officials continued their operation by removing heavy debris.

What Are The Key Updates On The Disaster?

- The rescue and relief efforts by the police, army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Border Roads Organisation (BRO), civil administration, and local volunteers continued on day 3 in the high-altitude terrain.

- Union Minister Jitendra Singh, accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat, visited the devastated village late Friday night.

- Jammu And Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah visited  Chasoti village of Kishtwar district. He met and listens to the concerns of those affected by the flash flood and devastation.

- According to the authorities, 46 bodies have been identified so far and handed over to their next of kin after completion of legal formalities.

- 75 people have been reported missing by their families, although locals and eyewitnesses claim that hundreds may have been swept away by flash floods and buried under giant boulders, logs, and rubble.

- Two personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and a Special Police Officer (SPO) of the local police have also lost their lives in the natural clamaty.

- At least 16 residential houses and government buildings, three temples, four water mills, a 30-meter-long bridge, and over a dozen vehicles were also damaged in the flash floods.

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What happened On Machail Mata Temple Route On August 14?

The flash flood caused by a sudden cloudburst struck Chisoti, the last motorable village en route to the Machail Mata temple at approximately 12:25 pm on August 14. It flattened a makeshift market, a langar (community kitchen) site for the yatra, and a security outpost.

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What Is Machail Mata Yatra

The annual Machail Mata yatra, which began on July 25 and was scheduled to conclude on September 5, remained suspended for the third consecutive day on Saturday. The 8.5-kilometre trek to the 9,500-foot-high shrine starts from Chisoti, located about 90 kilometres from Kishtwar town.
(With PTI inputs)