Monday, September 15, 2014

Disease threatens as Kashmir flood waters turn fetid

Kashmiri men pass a damaged house as they wade through a flooded street in Srinagar By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Indian emergency workers battled on Monday to prevent waterborne diseases from spreading, as fetid water swilled around the Kashmir valley more than a week after the region's worst flooding in more than a century. More than 75,000 people were still stuck in partly submerged homes in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, where roads have been transformed into stagnant canals strewn with sewage, wreckage and dead livestock. We are struggling to get in touch with government health officials," said Abul Syed Rahman, who owns three hotels in Kashmir. Both the Indian and Pakistani sides of the disputed Himalayan region have seen extensive flooding this month with Srinagar particularly hard hit.








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