PM concerned about Kishtwar cloudburst, so I am here: Rajnath

JAMMU: PM Narendra Modi is very concerned about the cloudburst in Chishoti village in J&K’s Kishtwar and is monitoring the situation,” defence minister Rajnath Singh told reporters after meeting the injured victims at Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu Sunday.

“PM Modi wanted to know about the ground situation. Therefore, I came here to meet the injured. I also wanted to visit Chishoti village, but unfortunately there was a landslide on the road. Now I am going to Raj Bhavan, where I will talk to the affected people through videoconferencing," he said.

Rajnath praised the doctors for taking good care of the injured.

The cloudburst and flash floods killed 65 people and injured 100 others – most of them pilgrims returning from the Shri Machail Mata Yatra – in the last motorable village on Aug 14.

During his visit to the hospital, Rajnath was accompanied by Union minister and Udhampur MP Jitendra Singh and J&K LG Manoj Sinha.