January 23
Two persons, including a minor girl, were killed and two others went missing after a snow avalanche hit Trigam area of Ramban district on Tuesday.
According to official sources, a snow avalanche hit Kawana area near Trigam village at 3 pm on Tuesday, resulting into death of 25-year-old Muhammad Rafiq, son of Ghulam Qadir, and 12-year-old Sumerna, daughter of Mukhtiar Ahmed. Fatha Begum (30) and Taja Begum (32) went missing after the incident.
They said the avalanche hit the village when the victims were returning to their house at Trigam, located about 50 km from Ramban in Khardi tehsil.
“We have pressed our teams to rescue the missing persons,” said Showkat Aijaz, Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, who has also sanctioned ex gratia for the next of kin of the deceased.
Meanwhile, heavy snowfall and bad weather brought normal life to a grinding halt across the Jammu region and plunged several districts into darkness.