00:00And more news coming in from Jammu. A landslide has occurred in Vaishno Devi's Ardhukwari area.
00:07Some injuries are feared. Rescue operations are underway along with the required manpower and machinery.
00:14And the photographs that you see on your screens are from Ardhukwari area which is in the route, en route to Vaishno Devi temple.
00:25And India Today's Sunil Ji Bhatt is with us. Sunil, do tell us because this route that we see and the visuals that we see,
00:37it seems the landslide broke through the barriers and through the roof and came on to the route to Vaishno Devi.
00:45It's an extremely secure route. I've also traversed this route. It is an extremely secure and a very cemented kind of an area.
00:53So this must have been a landslide that caused quite a bit of damage.
01:01Anjali, as I said that unprecedented rains are being witnessed in Jammu region.
01:07And it has triggered landslides and shooting stones at many places, particularly on the highways and important roads.
01:14And we are getting this tragic news that there has been a landslide on the Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra track near Ardhukwari.
01:21And the visuals that are coming from there are very horrific.
01:26And what we are learning from our sources is that many pilgrims are feared to be injured.
01:32And the injured pilgrims are being taken to the hospitals in Katra.
01:38Rescue operation is on.
01:39But, Anjali, rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
01:47And as far as the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra is concerned,
01:50the Yatra has been stopped due to inclement weather and continuous rainfall.
01:55As I said, it has been raining cats and dogs in Jammu region for the last more than 12 hours.
02:01And that is why there have been landslides in hilly areas and the streets in the plains have been inundated.
02:08Water level in most rivers are, you know, flowing near the danger mark and people are facing a harrowing time.
02:16Streets have been flooded.
02:18Water from the swollen rivers have entered the residential areas.
02:24And people, you know, some people are stuck in the floodwaters.
02:27And that is why rescue teams from the SDRF, Jammu and Kashmir police have been mobilized.
02:33And they are visiting different areas in the low-lying areas.
02:37And people who are stuck in floodwaters are being rescued by the teams from the SDRF and Jammu and Kashmir police.
02:43Right. Thank you, Sunil, for all those details.
02:46So, the visuals that you see on your screen are truly scary.
02:49Fury of the river there.
02:50And also Yatra, which is an all-weather Yatra that happens all through the year,
02:56has to be now stopped because there has been a landslide on the Vaishno Devi route.
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