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Kashmir flood was predicted in 2010

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Sep, 2014 08:42 AM
    The devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir, which has left over 200 dead, was predicted by the state's flood control department four years ago, a media report said Wednesday.
     
    According to a report in English daily Greater Kashmir, the flood control department warned in a report in 2010 that a massive flood may engulf the state in the next five years.
     
    The report was sent to the union water resources ministry along with a Rs.2,200-crore project report to develop infrastructure to deal with floods, the daily said.
     
    The report had assesssed that "the Srinagar-Jammu highway may be washed away, leaving the valley cut off from the rest of the country".
     
    It added: "The Indira Gandhi Road leading to airport will also be submerged, cutting the aerial access to the valley as well."

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