Jammu, Aug 16:Eight members of a single family went missing Of the Miran Sahib in the aftermath of the devastating cloudburst in Chashoti, Kishtwar.
The missing were on a pilgrimage to Machail Mata when flash floods tore through the region. Vijay Kumar, one of the surviving members from the group, is in psychological shock after witnessing the catastrophe.
As rescue operations battle hostile terrain and weather, villagers hold on to a sliver of hope, even as time runs out.
The missing belong to the family of Vijay Kumar, a resident of Banagarh who had gone on pilgrimage to Machail Mata in Paddar, Kishtwar, with 15 of his relatives.
According to Vijay, the group had split during the journey eight walked ahead, unknowingly into the path of death, when a ferocious flash flood, triggered by a sudden cloudburst, swept through Chosoti.
However, he is hoping their safe return.
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