Flash Floods: Woman drowned in Poonch another rescued. 2 rescued in Rajouri.

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, MAY 24:–Due to prevailing inclement weather and heavy rains in the higher reaches of the Pir Panjal range, flash floo ds have been reported in both the border districts of Rajouri & Poonch.
In Poonch, two women, namely Kulzam Bi (28) wife of Mohd Sadiq, and Naseem Akhter w/o Safeer Hussain residents of Noorkot ward No.2 Digwar, drowned in Betar river at about 2,30 pm.
Locals from the area and police rushed to the spot and Naseem Akhter was rescued, but Kulzam Bi was untraced till the filing of this report.
In Rajouri town, the police & State Disaster Response Force rescued two persons who were trapped in flash floods that occurred in the Darhali Nallah.
The duo was crossing the Sukhto River near Sailani Bridge when were trapped in the water due to flash floods.
After an alarm was raised police team along with SDRF personnel rushed to the spot & launched a rescue operation.
According to Deputy SP HQ, Mudassir Hussain the duo-identified as Ankush Kumar of Rajouri and Sunil Kumar s/o Dukh Ram resident of Punjab- was rescued after an hourlong operation.