Several houses collapse after heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua; four killed

Four people were killed Wednesday and several others feared trapped after over half-a-dozen houses collapsed due to heavy rains in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said.

A rescue operation, being supervised by the Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua Shivdeep Singh Jamwal, is under way in the affected villages of Bani tehsil, the officer said.

He said a house collapsed in Surjan village, killing two people while three are feared trapped.

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Reports of house collapse were also received from several other villages in Bani tehsil, resulting in the death of two people, the officer said.