SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed his gratitude to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for extending support to the flood-affected people in the Union Territory.
Gupta spoke to Abdullah over the phone and assured assistance from her government for relief efforts in J&K.
“The Chief Minister thanked Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, @gupta_rekha Ji, for her call expressing solidarity with the flood victims of J&K and for extending her generous offer of support from the Delhi Government,” the J&K CM’s office posted on X.
Abdullah said such gestures of cooperation and goodwill strengthen the collective resolve during testing times.
Jammu and Kashmir has been reeling under an unprecedented monsoon onslaught, with more than 130 people dead and 33 missing due to cloudbursts, landslides, and flash floods across Kishtwar, Kathua, Reasi, and Ramban districts since August 14.
Among the deceased are 34 pilgrims who were killed by a landslide en route to the Vaishno Devi shrine on August 26. Record rainfall on August 26–27 triggered flash floods in low-lying areas of Jammu and other plains, inflicting extensive damage to infrastructure.
