In Jammu and Kashmir, massive rescue operations are underway to rescue lakhs of people trapped in flood-affected areas.

Indian Air Force choppers and transport aircraft have been undertaking non-stop sorties overnight to carry men and relief material to the submerged parts.

Rescue teams will today focus on Srinagar and south Kashmir belt, where an estimated four lakh people are believed to be trapped.Media reports said that the floods have claimed nearly 200 lives in the state.

30 sorties of IL-76 and AN 32 have been undertaken to Srinagar overnight to distribute relief material, boats and other equipment, besides a huge quantity of medicines and water bottles.

Two more units of Army and National Disaster Response Force, NDRF, have been airdropped to Pancheri in Udhampur where 30 people are missing after a landslide hit the area. However, the situation in the rest of Jammu belt has stabilized.

The focus is now on providing relief material on the ground.

Meanwhile, two teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) equipped with 30 boats have reached Srinagar. NDRF Chief, O P Singh told news agency that 30 boats have been airlifted from Tamil Nadu's Arrakonam and have reached Srinagar today along with a 100 personnel strong contingent of the force to undertake and bolster the ongoing rescue operations.

He said these teams will first be deployed to rescue people from Badamibagh area of Srinagar. He added that a total of 10,470 people have been rescued by the NDRF till now as over 150 boats and other critical equipment has been lowered down in the flood affected areas.

BSNL has launched an operation to restore mobile services through satellite network. Communication network is expected to be partially restored today.

The pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district was on. Efforts are also on to restore helicopter services to the cave shrine.