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| Trapped nomads asked to bury, burn bodies of livestock | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 2: Even as rescue operations and other relief measures are in full swing to provide timely help to the trapped nomads in Kishtwar district , thousands of cattle are reported to have been killed due to snow storm that hit the hilly district four days back. Apprehensive of the spread of epidemic , the surviving nomad population have been advised to decompose their dead animals lest it harms them.
These nomadic Gujjar population were trapped in the upper reaches of Fearing epidemic, Pir Panjal mountain ranges of the state in this remote district when snow storm hit the area on May 27. Many families were still reported to be missing.
As per an official assessment over 4,000 cattle, including goats, sheep, horses, cows and buffaloes, of nomad Bakkarwal and Gujjar tribes have been killed due to turbulent weather on May 27, 28 last month in inaccessible high reaches in Warwan, which links Kishtwar to Kargil in the Ladakh area.
Several nomadic families were also reportedly missing since untimely heavy snowfall and rain struck the Pir Panjal mountain ranges last week.
Civil administration with the assistance of army has deployed several teams of officials to conduct rescue and relief operation in the affected areas, which are remotely located in the snow-clad mountains.
Looking at such a large number of bodies of animals lying in the snow-clad Warwan area, there is a clear chance of outbreak of diseases in the area, an official said, asserting that melting of snow and little rise in temperature can expedite decaying of corpses. The rescue teams, which have been dispatched to various affected places in Warwan tehsil, have been asked to convey to the people to either burn or bury the bodies of dead livestock to prevent epidemic, the official said.
Army has established a medical camp at Bathinina, 5 kms north of Inchan in Warwan area from where small patrols of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) troops were carrying medicines and other essentials to the affected places.
A Regimental Medical Officer of 11 RR and two nursing assistants along with civil medical and veterinary staff were on duty at the main medical camp to provide medical care to disaster victims, a defence spokesman informed.
As the reports were yet to be verified officially, the state administration was observing silence over the loss of human life and livestock due to turbulent weather in upper reaches.
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