Four killed, water flowing above Danger mark in Jammu; Mobile services go offline

August 26, 2025

Jammu: After continuous rainfall from the last few days the water level in Jammu rivers have crossed danger mark at several places, many people have been rescued internet, mobile services have been disrupted in the state. 

The sudden disruption of mobile telephone services and internet facilities by various service providers affected normal life in Kashmir, as heavy rain threw life out of gear completely in the Jammu division. 

#WATCH | Jammu, J&K | Water level of the Tawi River rises due to heavy rainfall pic.twitter.com/pn96uAMbE4

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A bridge on the Jammu-Pathankot highway collapsed, forcing the closure of the highway as shooting stones blocked the Jammu-Srinagar highway. 

Meanwhile, fresh snowfall on Zojila Pass has closed the Srinagar-Leh highway, while Sinthan Pass, connecting the Kashmir Valley with Kishtwar district and Razdan Pass leading to the Gurez border town, have also been closed. 

Four people were killed in inclement weather in Doda district, while two of them died in a house collapse, and two were washed away by the flash flood. 

The Tawi River is flowing far above the evacuation level in Jammu city and Udhampur districts. The authorities have closed the Tawi Bridge in Jammu city.

Har Ki Pauri temple in #Jammu, famous for its large idols completely submerged in Tawi River.

Natural Ganesh visarjan ke darshan karlo 🙏 pic.twitter.com/4s0WoiSnBt

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Basantar River in Samba, the Uhj River in Kathua, Chenab River in Doda, Ramban and Akhnoor areas and rivers in Reasi, Kishtwar and Doda districts are all flowing above the danger level. 

Janipur, Roop Nagar, Bhagwati Nagar, Gujar Nagar, Marh, scores of villages in R.S. Pura and Akhnoor in Jammu district have been inundated. 

STORY | Call, mobile internet outage across all service providers in J-K amid heavy rains

Network outages were reported across all service providers in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday due to damage to optical fibres at multiple places amid heavy rainfall, officials said.

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— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 26, 2025

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked all line departments to be on high alert with preparedness for the evacuation of people to safer areas. 

The MET Department has said that, as it is still raining heavily in the Jammu division, though with a little less intensity since the afternoon, the next 24 hours would be crucial. 

Mukhtar Ahmad, Director of the MET Department, told that the weather is likely to improve from Wednesday afternoon onwards.

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