Srinagar, Aug 19: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the government is mulling forming a team of experts to identify all vulnerable places across Jammu and Kashmir and also suggest measures to prevent loss of lives in the future.
The statement comes days after a cloudburst claimed over 60 lives in the Kishtwar district and seven lives in the Kathua district last week.
He added that several issues have been put forth by the people there, and the government will look into them and make decisions accordingly. “We will ensure every possible assistance to the people,” he said.
He also said that the Kishtwar incident occurred due to the cloudburst. “A team of experts will be formed to identify all the vulnerable areas. We will have to see what measures are to be taken to ensure minimum losses in such incidents in the future. We will seek a report from them regarding preventive measures,” the Chief Minister said.
He said such similar situation was witnessed in Ramban earlier, but human losses were less compared to Kishtwar.