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1.5 lakh people still marooned in Kashmir floods

Updated on: 14 September,2014 10:38 AM IST  | 
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Nearly 1.50 lakh people are still marooned in the areas of the Kashmir Valley submerged in flood waters, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said

1.5 lakh people still marooned in Kashmir floods

Jammu and Kashmir floods

Srinagar: Nearly 1.50 lakh people are still marooned in the areas of the Kashmir Valley submerged in flood waters, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said.


At an all-party meeting Saturday, he said that even though 1.42 lakh people have been rescued in the recent floods that ravaged the state, nearly 1.50 lakh are still stranded in the Valley alone.


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Jammu and Kashmir floods


He also said properties and infrastructure worth Rs.6,000 crores has been destroyed in the floods.

Authorities Sunday told IANS that 45 percent of the total electricity supply to the Srinagar city has been restored.

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