JAMMU: Around 40 people are reported to be missing after a cloud burst over Honjar village in Kishtwar district in Jammu region early Wednesday.
An officer at the police control room, however, put the number of missing people at 28 and said four bodies had been recovered during the search and rescue operation. “At around 4.50am today a cloud burst over Honjar village in Dacchan area of Kishtwar district.
We are getting reports that 28 people are missing. A search and rescue operation has been launched. Four bodies have been recovered. We do not have the exact details for now. There’s no mobile phone connectivity in the area,” he added.
Kishtwar town is around 200km from Jammu while Dacchan is a remote and hilly area in Kishtwar district.
