Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 27: While Jammu and Kashmir Government and Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) have ensured the best possible facilities for the pilgrims of this year's Amarnath Yatra, some forces are desperately trying to dent the image of the authorities to create the wrong picture the across the country.
This afternoon, some anti-social elements posted an old video on social media and spread a fake rumour about another cloudburst near the holy.
Within minutes after posting the misleading video by some unknown persons, the government made it clear there is no such incident.
According to a Kashmir-based news agency, some officials tendered an unconditional apology saying no such incident has taken place today.
A video of an alleged cloudburst near Amarnath Cave on Wednesday was shared widely on social media, which was also confirmed by a top official.
As the news of Amarnath cloudburst was widely reported by both local and national newspapers, the J&K Disaster Management Authority has issued a clarification, denying those reports.
Shortly after the news reports of the flash flood triggered by the cloudburst near the holy shrine cave, J&K DMA issued a clarification saying no such incident had taken place on Wednesday.
Additionally, the senior DMA official who had shared the video of the flash flood and rescue of the pilgrims tendered an apology. The video in question was an old one, which was recirculated by some unscrupulous person with the intention of causing panic.
"Actually we were misled by some unscrupulous person, who sent us an old video seemingly of a cloudburst at Holy cave. We took it real and as such reported. Soon after the news was made public by media houses, we came to know that the incident was of some other day", the official was quoted as saying.
Sources said that higher-ups have taken serious note of the circulation of fake video, and an investigation has been started to check the source of the baseless rumour. |
