No need to panic, govt monitoring rains: J&K Dy CM

March 29, 2015 17:40

Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh today assured there was no need to panic in the wake of heavy rains in the Kashmir, as the government was on full alert.

"The state administration is on full alert in the wake of heavy rains in the Valley. The situation is being monitored continuously," Singh informed the assembly after members from different parties raised the issue of the flood threat.

"People should not panic and assured that all precautionary measures have been put in place," he said. "

The Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is on way to Srinagar to personally monitor the situation arising due to incessant rains in the Valley," an official spokesman said.

The deputy chief minister informed that the water level at 11 am at Sangam stood at 12 ft against danger level of 18 ft. At Ram Munshibagh, the water level was at 12.6 ft against alarm level of 16 ft, while at Asham it was 8.5 ft against alarm level of 30 feet, he said.

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