With as many as 68 people being killed on Friday, the death toll in the worst floods in Jammu and Kashmir in nearly six decades has reached 90. To review the flood situation, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and MoS in the PMO Jitendra Singh arrived J&K today. As many as 64 persons have died in the Jammu region Friday in flash floods, house collapses and landslides, while four have lost their lives in Kashmir. Twenty people died in Rajouri in flash floods, landslides and house collapses. In Poonch district, 19 people died Friday in house collapse incidents. In Reasi district, four people died Friday taking the toll to 10 while one died in Udhampur district and the bodies of two people who were washed out have been recovered from a canal in Jammu. Four people were washed away in Kashmir on Friday.

As many as 6,000 people were rescued from flash floods in various areas by teams of Army and Indian Air Force. Over 3,000 people from 20 villages have been evacuated from Pargwal and Munawar Tawi belt in view of areas getting inundated by swollen Chenab River in Jammu and one thousand from other districts thereby dislocating and displacing 10,000 people.

The Bus which remained trapped in flood water of Jameer Nallah in Lam area of Nowshera, was retrieved by the Army and Police Friday. The district administration Friday confirmed the death of about 63 persons in the tragedy as per list provided by their family members. While fourteen bodies were found trapped in the bus, 11 others were recovered during the search operation during the last two days. The bus was carrying a total of 67 passengers in which four had survived.