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| 2 brothers among 5 children killed in lightning; toll 14 | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 5: Five youth, including two brothers and as many girls, were killed and two others injured due to lighting in Baramulla and Kupwara districts of Kashmir last evening.
With this, the death toll due to weather-related incidents in the Kashmir valley during the past two weeks reached 14.
Those killed yesterday dead were identified as Nasir Ahmad, his brother Munir Ahmad, Basit Ahmad, Safeena and Nighat, and the injured as Shagufta and Mohammad Ashraf.
Basit Ahmad (19) and twin brothers - Naser Ahmad and Munir Ahmad (20) - died on the spot when lighting struck Bayan Beghak near Garkote, 140 kms from here, in Baramulla district last evening, they said.
The Uri sub-divisional magistrate Manzoor Ahmad Qadiri said the authorities were recommending the cases of Nasir, Munir and Basit for relief to the Baramulla deputy commissioner.
Torrential rains and hailstorm which lashed parts of Uri sector yesterday also caused havoc to the crops and orchards besides, blocking several routes, he said.
The state government constituted a committee comprising officials of revenue and other experts to assess the damage caused to the paddy, horticulture crops and vegetables after a three-member ministerial team visited the affected areas yesterday.
The committee has been asked to submit report to the government within a week.
The rains also triggered landslides on Uri-Muzaffarabad road between Bandi to NS Bridge blocking the highway, he said.
Safeena and Nighat were killed in a separate incident while they were working in a field at Mawar in Handwara, Kupwara. Shugufta and Mohammad Ashraf, who were working in another field, survived with critical burns. They were hospitalised.
About 60 animals, including sheep and goats were also killed in as lightning struck.
Actual figures about the death of Gujjars and Bakerwals were still awaited. About three lakh nomadic Gujjar and Bakerwals were stranded at different high altitude areas along with their livestock due to snowfall, hailstorm and cold.
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