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Mata Vaishno Devi base camp records highest rainfall in Jammu region; yatra remains suspended for 9th consecutive day
Due to adverse weather condition in Jammu, Vaishno Devi yatra is still on old for the ninth consecutive day on Wednesday, September 3. Notably, Mata Vaishno Devi base camp recorded highest rainfall in Jammu region. The weather conditions remain poor in the Trikuta Hills in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Heavy rains over the past week have caused landslides, flash floods, and disruption of essential routes leading to the shrine.
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On August 27, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi yatra was suspended due to a landslide that killed 34 people and heavy rainfall. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered the constitution of a high-level three-member committee to investigate the causes of the landslide.
Shaleen Kabra, Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Jal Shakti, Jammu and Kashmir, will head the committee, which includes the Divisional Commissioner and the Inspector General of Police, Jammu. According to an official order, the committee also includes the Divisional Commissioner and the Inspector General of Police, Jammu.
Meanwhile, amid heavy rainfall in several Indian states, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red alert warnings for several districts across Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, northern Punjab, northern Haryana, eastern Rajasthan, southwest Uttar Pradesh, northwest & eastern Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.
Apart from Jammu and Kashmir, widespread rainfall was also observed across several states.
While parts of Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, coastal Odisha, coastal Maharashtra, coastal Karnataka, and the Andaman Islands experienced moderate rainfall, Chhattisgarh experienced heavy rainfall from 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
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