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| 15 dead bodies recovered, dozens believed to be buried under rubble | | | Udhampur, Sept 16: Saddal, which was once a small village with 40-50 households and some 55 kilometres from Udhampur district headquarter, has virtually vanished from the map of district as the landslides had reduced the entire village to rubble.
During the ten days long search by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) jawans along with Jammu and Kashmir police 15 dead bodies have been recovered so far far but more than 30 to 35 people are believed to be still buried under the rubble.
With the passing of every day hope of finding any more survivors dwindled said National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) jawans who are waiding waist-deep through slush to recover trapped under the debris of a landslide that swallowed up Sadhota village of Panchari in Udhampur district . Reports added that continuing its operation NDRF rescuers helped by police and villagers resumed their search on Monday through piles of rock, mud and upturned trees and recovered two more bodies on Friday.
It is very difficult to retrieve bodies manually moreover, there is no road to the area as the village is about 4 km on- foot journey from Panjar, therefore, carrying JCB etc is not possible.
With tears in his eyes Shanker Dass realtive of one of the missing family said that the mountain - on which it was nested for hundreds of years - came crashing down and in way gobbled it up all last Saturday. All that is left is rubble, mangled pieces of tin, parts of a child's slate with illegible scrawls and a piece of door frame still sticking out or standing firm in the rubble it is heart rendering scene he added. He added that though ten days have been passed but we are still in hope that there will be miracle and our beloved ones will come out of debris . He added that we are praying god in this regard .There are Dozens of people still in hope that there loved ones will come alive despite knowing that chances are going bleak with passage of time.The landslide crushed dozens of houses in the village of Panjer and it is very painful situation some of the families have totally vanished said Sarpanch Romesh |
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