Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reviewed the flood situation in Jammu region at a high-level meeting attended by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and top officials.

The flood situation in Kashmir worsened today as many parts of Srinagar, including the Army cantonment in Badamibagh, Doodarshan were inundated and vital roads submerged.

The embankments of River Jhelum were breached at many places due to rise in water level, submerging areas.

Water has also seeped into important installations like Civil Secretariat, radio Station and High Court in the heart of the city. Vital roads including the airport road, Exhibition Crossing, Hari Singh High Street, Lal Chowk and Regal Chowk have also been submerged under several feet of water.

Access to main hospitals like SMHS and Lalla Ded has been cut off due to the flooding of the roads.

AIR Srinagar Correspondent visited some nearby localities and saw thousands of people from water-logged areas being moved to safer places but many people have been trapped in upper stories of their homes in low-lying areas of the city.

Communication system has been disrupted with all almost all private cellular networks out of order.

The landline telephone network has also been badly affected.

Electricity and water supply has remained disrupted in affected areas for the past six days now.

Torrential monsoon rains, which triggered flooding, landslides and house collapses in Jammu and Kashmir, have so far claimed 116 lives in the state.

Army today resumed searches for two soldiers, who went missing after their boat capsized during a rescue and relief operation in flood-affected Pulwama district of Kashmir.

The search operation was resumed Sunday morning. While seven personnel were rescued late in the afternoon Saturday, two personnel went missing.

Meanwhile, two IL 76 aircraft with medical supplies and boats have been sent to Srinagar from Delhi.
Besides, three C 130J aircraft have also been pressed into service to transport boats from Pune and Gandhinagar to Srinagar.