Srinagar: As the flood waters receded in Kashmir, authorities Saturday said that 14 children were found dead at a hospital here. State government officials confirmed 29 deaths have taken place in the Kashmir Vally alone.
Officials Saturday said 14 children had died in the government-run G.B. Pant Hopsital here. The hospital and other major hospitals in the city, including SMHS and the GMC, were inundated in the floods.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday had addressed the press in regard to the floods and called it the worst catastrophe of the century in Kashmir.
According to the Home Minister, “This is the worst floods in Kashmir in 109 years. 1,200 villages in Kashmir and 1,100 villages in Jammu were affected by floods. In Kashmir, 400 villages were completely submerged while 300 villages in Jammu were completely submerged.
