Amarnath Cloudburst LIVE updates: Drones, choppers, high-tech gadgets used in rescue work; death toll rises to 16

The Andhra Pradesh government also opened a dedicated helpline number 1902 to extend required help to pilgrims from the state.

The five pilgrims belonged to different towns in the state and remained "untraced" after the tragedy near the holy cave.

Five pilgrims, including two women, from Andhra Pradesh were reported missing in the cloudburst and flash flood near the holy Amaranth cave in Kashmir, the state government said here on Sunday.

Special prayer was conducted for those who lost their lives in the cloudburst & Masjid committee offered help to pilgrims who need assistance.

Members of Muslim community, who are offering services to pilgrims during Amarnath yatra, offer namaz at Baltal Base Camp on Eid Al Adha.

Amarnath cloudburst: Pilgrims wait for yatra to resume

Amarnath Yatra has been suspended today second day in a row on both sides of Baltal and Pahalgam to facilitate a successful rescue operation near the holy cave.

Operating in inclement weather & in an effort that continued throughout the day,eight Cheetal & MI 17 V5 helicopters of IAF airlifted over 13 Tons of relief load & evacuated 109 injured pilgrims from the site affected by the cloud burst: Indian Air Force (ANI)

The Central Reserve Police Force officials on Saturday said that all forces including NDRF, CRPF, SDRF, Army, and JKP mountain rescue teams were promptly rescuing the pilgrims from the cloudburst affected spots and informed that sun can solidify the clayey debris which would increase problems for the rescuers to evacuate people. (ANI)

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high level meeting on Saturday to review the ongoing rescue and relief operation at Amarnath cave shrine in the aftermath of the cloudburst incident on Friday that left 15 persons dead and scores of others injured or missing.

Drones and helicopters were pressed into service and mountain rescue teams and lookout patrols with high-tech equipment and sniffer dogs deployed as operations continued on Saturday to look for survivors in the cloudburst incident near the Amarnath cave shrine that snuffed out 16 lives. (PTI)

J&K | Amarnath cave cloudburst: 4 Mi-17V5 & 4 Cheetal helicopters of the Indian Air Force were deployed for rescue & relief efforts at the Amarnath shrine today. Air assets continue to be on standby at all major air bases in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh areas: IAF (ANI)

UDPATE | After the cloudburst near the Amarnath cave, 12 devotees from Uttarakhand who were trapped in the Panchtarni Helipad Army Base Camp, have been airlifted by the Army and brought safely to the Srinagar Army Camp: Uttarakhand CMO to ANI

Baltal, J&K | All forces including NDRF, CRPF, SDRF, Army, JKP mountain rescue teams are trying to save & evacuate people/bodies stuck in the huge amount of debris that's fallen. Debris is clayey, if the Sun comes out it'll solidify which will be problematic: Charu Sinha, IG CRPF

Several Amarnath devotees return home without paying obeisance

J&K | Amarnath cave cloudburst: 35 pilgrims have been discharged following treatment. 17 people are getting the treatment and are likely to get discharged tonight. All safe and healthy: Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) Officials (ANI)

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said there has been no report of any untoward incidents related to Kannadigas so far, following the flashflood triggered by a cloudburst near the cave shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir where the death toll has risen to 16. He said the Karnataka government has taken steps to rescue people from the State stranded in Amarnath. (PTI)

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