Vaishno Devi landslide: J-K CM expresses grief over deaths, asks why pilgrims not stopped
JAMMU, Aug 27 (PTI): Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday expressed grief over the deaths in the Vaishno Devi landslide, and asked why officials did not stop pilgrims from treading the track when there was a warning of the calamity.
The death toll in the landslide has gone up to 32 with rescuers pulling out more bodies from under the debris, officials said on Wednesday, a day after the disaster struck the route to the hilltop shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district.
The pilgrimage to the shrine was suspended when the mountainside gave way and stones, boulders, and rocks came hurtling down around 3 pm on Tuesday, catching people unawares.
