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The Indian Army has rescued civilians who were stranded successful the Kishanganga River owed to beardown currents successful the Gurez assemblage of Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora, officials said connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026).
The civilians were trapped successful their vehicles successful the Chakwali country of northbound Kashmir's Gurez Valley aft their vehicles became trapped successful beardown currents during Monday (June 1, 2026) night, they said.
The Kishanganga stream flows from the Indian broadside of Kashmir into Pakistan-administered Kashmir, wherever it changes its sanction to the Neelum river.
Amid the ongoing heatwave successful Kashmir Valley, tourer footfall has accrued successful the picturesque Gurez Valley, located adjacent to the Line of Control (LoC), arsenic visitors question respite from the scorching temperatures.
According to officials, the incidental occurred during the nighttime erstwhile respective radical recovered themselves stranded successful the stream amid hard conditions and rising waters.
On receiving information, Army unit launched a rescue cognition and safely evacuated the stranded civilians, they said.
The rescued individuals were provided contiguous assistance, including blankets and different indispensable support, officials added.
The rescued persons expressed gratitude to the Army for the timely intervention.
"We were stuck successful the stream erstwhile Army jawans came and rescued us," 1 of the rescued civilians said.
Another nonmigratory said the soldiers helped them successful each imaginable mode during the operation.
