Vehicles make their way through a waterlogged street following heavy rain in Srinagar on Thursday. The city and other parts of Kashmir have been experiencing heavy rain and snowfall, a rare scene in the month of April, for the past three days, prompting the authorities to announce a flood alert in the Valley besides closure of the educational institutes.
Border Security Force personnel move through a waterlogged street in Srinagar. The security personnel have arrived in connection with bypolls to the Srinagar-Budgam seat in central Kashmir and Anantnag-Pulwama seat in Anantnag on April 9 and 12 respectively.
A submerged foot bridge in Srinagar on Friday. The Srinagar-Jammu Highway continued to be closed due to the slippery condition of roads. Several areas remain inundated in Srinagar.
A scene in Srinagar on Friday after the rain havoc.
The Centre has offered help to the State government in tackling the flood situation. A view of the rising Jehlum river on Friday.
Flood waters inundate the Hanuman Mandir at Amira in Srinagar.
People watch the rising Jehlum river from its banks in Srinagar on Friday.
A residential area on the banks of a tributary of Jehlum river in Srinagar is flooded on Friday.
People trying to move out of their house surrounded by water in Srinagar on Friday. “People should not panic as the water level in the river and other tributaries is receding,” said the Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control department, Muhammad Hanief Lone.
