Landslides set off by overnight rains claimed two lives in Baramulla district while as many bodies were pulled out from a house in Doda district where five more persons lie trapped and are believed to be dead.
In Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, landslide struck a house and seven members of a family got trapped beneath it. Late in the evening, two bodies were pulled out from the debris. Recuse teams were searching for survivors till the last news came.
"The house of Jodh Ram, a resident of Diwalkund in Dessa belt of the district, collapsed today because of heavy rains in the area," Senior Superintendent of Police (Doda) Javed Naseeb Manhas told PTI.
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed expressed grief over the tragedy and directed the rescue teams at the spot to make all out efforts to save the five remaining trapped persons under the debris.
Deputy Commissioner Doda, Bhupinder Kumar told PTI that two bodies that of a woman Saroj and her daughter were recovered this evening.
He said that operation will continue throughout the night as search lights are been put and Army, police and locals along with administration are busy in the operation. While in Uri area of Baramulla district, two persons were killed when a landslide struck them on Friday.
Abdul Jabbar War and Mohammad Dilawar Mir had gone to the forest area in Limber area of Uri tehsil to collect mushrooms when they came under a landslide, a police official said.
He said while War died on the spot, Mir was rescued by locals in a critically injured condition but succumbed to injuries on way to hospital.
Sixteen members of two families were buried alive when a residential house caved into the earth in Chadoora area of central Kashmir Budgam district on Sunday night.
