Indian Armed Forces and the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir floods information
Overview of Indian military response to the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir floods
In the wake of heavy monsoon rain and flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Armed Forces were deployed in increasing numbers starting 2 September 2014 to conduct search, rescue, relief, relocation, humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation missions in Jammu and Kashmir.[1][2] By 18 September, over 298,514 people were rescued from the various parts of Jammu and Kashmir by the Armed forces.[3][4][5] The Jammu and Kashmir floods, the worst in a century according to Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, paralyzed the state government. Omar Abdullah, responding to public criticism, told the media "I had no government" in the first few days following the floods, as "My secretariat, the police headquarters, the control room, fire services, hospitals, all the infrastructure was underwater." Adding "I had no cell phone and no connectivity. I am now starting to track down ministers and officers."[6] The Jammu and Kashmir floods of 2014 have been blamed on heavy rainfall, about 8 inches (200mm) on 4 September alone, on climate change, unplanned and uncontrolled development, encroachment of river banks, lakes, ponds, and massive loss of wet lands, absence of local government flood forecasting system, and poor governance.[7] The Armed Forces humanitarian assistance mission in response to the floods was named Mission Sahayata (assistances). Northern Command's humanitarian assistance to Civil authorities was named 'Operation Megh Rahat'.[8][9] The Indian Army, Air Force, and the Navy, committed large resources to the assistance mission including over 30,000 troops ( 21,000 in Srinagar, and 9000 in Jammu), 15 engineer task forces, 84 Indian Air Force and Army Aviation Corps fixed wing transport aircraft and helicopters, naval commandos and rescue specialists, and Base Hospital, four field hospitals, over 106 medical detachments.[4][10] "Operation Megh Rahat", ended on 19 September 2014, but "Operation Sadbhavna", the relief and medical assistance support, according to government press release, will continue in "close synergy with the civil administration and the police".[11]
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^"PM visits Jammu and Kashmir". Press Information Bureau Government of India. Prime Minister's Office. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^PTI (13 September 2014). "Over 1,42,000 people rescued in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir so far". The Economic Times.
^ abPress Information Bureau (18 September 2014). "Union Government provides massive relief in flood affected J&K Rescue operations regularly coordinated by NCMC". Ministry of Home Affairs. Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^Gowen, Annie (13 September 2014). "Anger rises in India's Kashmir Valley as people remain trapped a week after floods". Washington Post. SRINAGAR, India. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
^Najar, Nida; Barry, Ellen (12 September 2014). "Embrace of Social Media Aids Flood Victims in Kashmir". New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^Nandi, Jayashree (16 September 2014). "Kashmir floods is a man-made ecological disaster: Bombay Natural History Society". Times of India. TOI. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ANI (6 September 2014). "J-K floods: Indian Army in aid to civil administration under 'Operation MEGH RAHAT'". Udhampur: ANI News. ANI. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^Dutta, Sushmita (9 September 2014). "Massive rescue operations on in flood-hit J&K; toll nears 200, lakhs stranded". Zee Media Bureau. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^Press Information Bureau (11 September 2014). "Round up at 1800 Hrs--- Over 1,10,000 People Rescued So Far by Armed Forces Another Batch of Marine Commandos Arrives in Srinagar". PIB, Government of India. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^"Army calls off its rescue mission in J&K, relief work to go on". Firstpost. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
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