Jammu, 05 August (H.S.): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday visited Murrah village in Poonch district and met a villager, who lost eight members of his family in cloudburst-triggered flash floods and landslide last month.

Abdullah arrived in the border district to assess the ground situation in the flash flood and landslide-affected areas following the rain fury, which had claimed 16 lives and left six others missing.

Chief Minister visited Murrah in Surankote to offer condolences to the family that lost its loved ones in the recent cloudburst. He expressed solidarity with the bereaved family and assured it of all possible assistance and support from the Government, the office of the chief minister said in a post on X.

The cloudburst-triggered flash flood and landslide on July 19 at Murrah had claimed the lives of eight members of Mohammad Latief's family.

Latief survived as he had stepped out to move his car just minutes before the flash flood and landslide swept away his house in the dead of the night. While the bodies of four of his family members have been recovered, the remaining four are still missing despite ongoing search operations.

In an earlier post, the chief minister's office said Abdullah is visiting Poonch to meet the people affected by the recent floods and assess the damage and relief requirements first-hand.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar