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14 feared killed in JK avalanches

     Jammu: At least 14 people were feared killed and more than 50 houses damaged in a series of avalanches in the mountainous areas in the past two days in Jammu and Kashmir. The valley remained cut off from rest of the country for the fourth consecutive day today. 1500 people were stranded on the 300-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway which has been shut to vehicular traffic owing to landslides, triggered by the heaviest snowfall in the past two decades in the state. As the snow fall has not stopped yet, people are still stranded and have been provided with accommodation, food and shelter. Record snow accumulated at the Jawahar tunnel on the highway and seven feet at tourist resort of Patnitop. Pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Vaishno Devi was suspended yesterday due to avalanches. However, they were resumed this morning. Out of the 14 feared killed, seven were workers engaged in snow clearing operations on the highway and Ladakh. The Army rescued, eight women and seven children in Doda district where an avalanche struck 15 houses in village Kanderkote on Saturday.
- Feb 20, 2005

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