GREF Tipper washed away in flash floods in Nowshera, narrow escape for driver.

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, JUNE 19:–Heavy rainfall in the month of June on Saturday in the higher reaches in Thanamandi, Darhal, Kotranka & Rajouri tehsils in Rajouri district followed by flash floods created havoc in some areas.
At Thalka, in the Nowshera sub-district, two persons, including a driver of GREF had a narrow escape while the Tipper in which they were loading boulders washed away in the flash floods in Munawar Tawi River caused due to incessant rains in the upper reaches.
Sources said the GREF employees were collecting boulders and a JCB machine and a Tipper were deployed for the same.
The details about losses in different areas caused due to heavy rainfall and flash flood were not available till the filing of this report.
Normal life in Rajouri town was also affected for several hours due to heavy rain and bazaars, lanes, and even roads were flooded with water causing inconvenience to the pedestrians.
The worst affected roads were Rajouri-BGSBU road, about 500 meter stretch of Rajouri-Thanamandi road leading to GMC from District Police Lines.