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| 22 February 2005 | Tuesday | 12 Muharram 1426 |
Avalanche toll rises to 110 in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR, Feb 21: Rescuers on Monday dug out dozens of bodies buried by avalanches in held Kashmir, taking the death toll to 110 after the worst snows in two decades swept the Himalayan region.
Most of the dead were villagers from southern Anantnag district, whose homes were slammed by walls of snow on Sunday, police said. The bodies of four road workers killed by a separate avalanche on the main highway linking Kashmir with the outside world were found and two more workers are missing.
"At least 200 people are missing in the avalanche-hit villages," Inspector-General Javid Makhdomi told state-run Doordarshan TV. The state was snowed under for the fourth day, largely cut off from the rest of India with flights cancelled, roads blocked and power and phones disrupted.
"The army has started moving into the village and will soon start rescue operations," army spokesman Lt-Col V.K. Batra said of Sidhnag, in south Kashmir, where 10 people are dead and four missing. -Reuters
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