PM Modi speaks to LG, CM

Jammu, Aug 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday spoke to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to know about the evolving situation in Kishtwar in the aftermath of the disastrous cloudburst tragedy in its Chisoti village.

The information was shared by PM Modi on his personal handle on ‘X’.

“Spoke to Jammu and Kashmir LG Shri Manoj Sinha Ji and CM Shri Omar Abdullah Ji regarding the situation in the wake of the cloudburst and flooding in Kishtwar. Authorities are working on the ground to assist those affected,” he posted.

PM Modi, in his Independence Day address from the ramparts of Red Fort too, while mentioning about recent incidents of cloudburst and other natural disasters and expressing sympathies with the affected people, said, “Nature is testing us as over the past few days, the country has been facing natural disasters, landslides, cloudbursts and many other calamities.”