08/08/2010
A Prayer for Leh...
(MY HUMBLE APPEAL TO PEOPLE IS PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP THEM IN THIS TIME OF GRIEF AND DEVASTATION...WHATEVER WAY ONE CAN HELP!!!)
A day after a series of massive floods and mudslides hit Leh town and adjoining areas, the magnitude of the natural disaster is still sinking in as rescuers struggle to reach remote areas that have been totally cut off by the deluge. While more than 400 are believed to be missing, acres of “mud fields”, that were till Thursday housing colonies and villages, are still to be dug up, escalating fears that the toll could go up drastically. Scores of houses in areas adjoining Leh, particularly in Choglamsar, are currently buried under several feet of mud, dimming chances of people being rescued alive. With entire neighbourhoods washed away in the flash floods in the town of 10,000, the local administration is finding it difficult to establish how many are missing and buried under thousands of tonnes of mud.
Full of Grief
Chosdon, right, weeps for missing relatives, during a special prayer for victims of flash floods, in Jammu. Authorities stepped up rescue efforts as the weather improved on Saturday, a day after flash floods sent rivers of mud down desert mountainsides in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, officials said.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment