RAMBAN: 50 HOUSES, POWER INFRA DAMAGED DUE TO SINKING OF ROAD

A total of 50 houses developed cracks, electricity towers collapsed due to sinking of portion the Ramban Gool road in Pernote area of the district.

The incident of subsidence occurred on Thursday evening and the matter escalated on Friday after several houses started collapsing.

District administration immediately started accessing the situation and started a rescue operation to evacuate the families to safer locations.

Deputy Commissioner Ramban Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary also visited the area and assured restoration of essential services in the area.

SDRF and NDRF have been deployed to assist the families in shifting belongings to safer locations.

This is the second incident of sinking in the region this year. Earlier in the month of March, 40 house and a school has developed cracks in Wagan Halan area of Banihal due to subsidence.

The geologists have been deployed in the region to access the situation.

2024-04-27T06:18:13Z dg43tfdfdgfd