Rain-triggered landslide kills 1 in Poonch; boy drowns in rivulet

JAMMU: A driver of a private vehicle engaged by CRPF died after a rain-triggered landslide hit his vehicle in Surankote of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday. However, two paramilitary personnel travelling in the vehicle had a miraculous escape.
In another tragedy, the body of a 12-year-old boy was found in Tuli village of Reasi district on Thursday. He was washed away in Sangoor Nalla, a seasonal rivulet .
The landslides blocked Jammu-Srinagar NH. Authorities have sounded avalanche warning in Baramulla, Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch, Rajouri, and Ramban.