Jammu and Kashmir floods: Rains ease; 47,000 safely evacuated, 4 lakh stranded

SRINAGAR: About four lakh people were still stranded and desperate for help on Tuesday in flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley where heavy rains have eased to help scale up the massive multi-agency rescue and relief efforts in which over 47,000 people have been safely evacuated.

As the miseries faced by people — some of them perched on rooftops — in the worst floods to hit J&K in six decades unfolded, the death toll in the floods, landslides and house collapses triggered by torrential monsoon rains since Tuesday last was stated to be around 200.

Authorities were also trying to fix the telecommunication links snapped since Sunday afternoon on a war footing and hope to restore it in a phased manner.

"The Department of Telecommunications ( DOT) is trying its best to restore the links quickly," an official said.