Indian army battling to rescue stranded people in held Kashmir
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SRINAGAR: The Indian army and air force troops worked through the night to rescue thousands of people stranded across Kashmir where more than 300 people have been killed in landslides and flash floods, an official said.
Six days of incessant rains in Indian-held Kashmir have left more than 120 people dead in the region's worst flooding in more than five decades, submerging hundreds of villages and triggering landslides, officials said.
O.P. Singh, a senior official, said Monday that most parts of Srinagar, the main city in Indian-held Kashmir were submerged.
Stranded residents were camping on their roof, waiting for rescuers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the flooding a “national disaster”.
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Sep 08, 2014 01:10pm
On one hand they are killing same population and other hand this drama of saving....
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Sep 08, 2014 01:59pm
Good job Indian Army.
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Sep 08, 2014 02:36pm
no comments yet.....?
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Sep 08, 2014 03:08pm
Let me remind you Azadi movement will not be hampered in anyway due to this untimely disaster , we will gain more strength and resolve to fight our oppressors and to achieve absolute freedom.
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Sep 08, 2014 03:33pm
We love you brave soldiers
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Sep 08, 2014 03:44pm
Welldone. This is what army supposed to do not negotiating between parties.
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Sep 08, 2014 04:13pm
my grandfather house is also destroyed feeling so sad right now , just got the news today
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Sep 08, 2014 04:20pm
Ironical that the very army, the residents complain against, are their saviours in their need of the hour. Its about time they, and their ever caring neighbours realised the ground realities.
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Sep 08, 2014 05:28pm
hats off to dawn for the guts to write this about indian army in present days.
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Sep 08, 2014 06:26pm
Plant more trees , reduce population and ask people not to build houses near lakes and other water sources , create several artificial lakes to store water from rainy season , if these are neglected , we will face same issues every monsoon.
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Sep 08, 2014 10:45pm
Around 600 troops of national disaster relief force of india are also working day and night in rescue missions . That's worth mentioning here . Overall excellent work being done by army , air force and NDRF (national disaster relief force ), BSF, j&k police and other agencies . Excellent relief operation also being conducted by pak army , air force on their respective side .
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Sep 08, 2014 11:24pm
This news truly shows neutrality of dawn reporting!! Keep up your high standards dawn
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Sep 09, 2014 12:33am
Its a great PR opportunity for India to win over Kashmiris. Good move by Modi & of course its absolutely the right & humane thing to do.
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Sep 09, 2014 12:58am
@Jamsher Murad Kholhi
Ungracious comments from unwanted 'Tamashbeens'. You would be thanking if they were pulling you out of a huge pile of mud. OR
It is just that anything good against India or Indians is not acceptable?
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Sep 09, 2014 12:59am
Kashmiris must accept and respect that Indian army is saving them and not the separatists..btw where are the separatists??
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Sep 09, 2014 01:08am
@Zak
I am sure you are talking about that Azadi March in Islamabad cause if you are talking about Kashmir then for that you would have to believe in rebirth.
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Sep 09, 2014 03:05am
@Jamsher Murad Kholhi its not necessary what ever you have been told is true.
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Sep 09, 2014 09:47am
@Jamsher Murad Kholhi
Please give credit wheres its due, Indian army is trying its best to save people here and even in time of tragedy you are busy playing your own harp. No offence but people like you disgust me, does saving lives look like a drama to you?
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Sep 09, 2014 10:07am
No Yaseen Malik, Shabbir Shah, Gheelani and likes are seen saving flood affected people. Their true colour is seen now. The so called killers India Army is saving the lives of those who hated them from heart.
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Sep 09, 2014 11:52am
@Zak Keep day dreaming
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Sep 09, 2014 04:47pm
In other news Hurriyat Conference is not releasing any statement.
Thanks dawn for covering this story even if its just half paragraph
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Sep 10, 2014 10:30am
thank you dawn for giving us opportunity. sir we request you to show our indian channels. it will clearly show you how indian army is helping day and night to each and every man of jammu and kashmir. indian army has won the heart of all these people who were once throwing stones to them. while they will show our effort then one day a time will come where the pok people will say A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND IN DEED. no need to say more but watch the tv channels
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