00:00The two days of incessant rainfall in Jumu and Kashmir created flood like situation and it has now inundated many areas which are low lying in the Srinagar outskirts and Badgam district.
00:11Right now I am on the Srinagar national highway. There are some villages which are now submerged in the extreme flood water. These are in the Srinagar outskirts but they fall in the Badgam jurisdiction, Stengen, Shalena and dozens of other villages whose houses are now submerged in water and their paddy fields have been completely damaged by this muddy flood water.
00:38So the administration in Jumu and Kashmir had yesterday evening alarmed them about the imminent floods because the river Jalim was flowing up to its brim above the Dajan mark and during the midnight the flood water breached the Jalim embankment and entered into this locality of Tengen, Shalena and many other villages.
01:00The rescue efforts by the locals and by the Sdrub teams helped in the evacuation of the villagers and they are now temporarily settled on this Chammu-Srinagar highway safely.
01:13The officers told us that no injuries or no casualties happened during this submergence. They have all been evacuated but the locals said that the administrative relief is yet to come.
01:26They have not been provided water, food or any other thing. Their shelter homes are 20 kilometers away from their localities and they say that they are not ready to go into those shelter homes because there is imminent threat of robbery and damage to their household.
01:41So they are staying on the Srinagar Jumu highway waiting for the administrative relief and demanding the Umarudla government to come in and provide them water, food and other items for their children, for their elderly and for other patients.
01:55So right now the situation is very grim in these villages and this flood water if it rises.
02:00However, the administration has said that the flood water in Jahalim has started receding and there is no thought of floods in Srinagar.
02:08However, the low-lying areas in Srinagar and Badgam outskirts have now been affected and the residents have evacuated safely to higher surfaces.
02:20From Tengen on Srinagar bypass, Meer Farad for ETV Bharat.
02:30Tengen on Srinagar bypass, Meer Farad for ETV Bharat.
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