Jammu and Kashmir floods: Massive rescue operations underway

The flood fury unleashed more death and destruction in Jammu and Kashmir, claiming the lives of nearly 150 people and leaving many marooned, even as relief efforts were intensified today, with the Prime Minister announcing Rs 1000 crore aid for the battered state.
This photograph released by the India Government Press Information Bureau shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertaking an aerial survey of the flood affected areas in Jammu and Kashmir state on Sunday.
The flooding, the worst in 50 years, has killed more than a hundred people across the Himalayan region. (Source: AP)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by J&K CM Omar Abdullah and Army Chief Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag while Governor NN Vohra looks on at Technical Airport in Jammu on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Army Chief Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag while Governor NN Vohra looks on at Technical Airport in Jammu on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a review meet with J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and other administration officials at Technical Airport in Jammu. (Source: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flanked by J&K CM Omar Abdullah, Governor N N Vohra and MoS PMO Jitendra Singh talks to the media after reviewing the situation of flood affected areas in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

People wade through flood water following heavy rains in the heart of Srinagar on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

Indian Air Force jawans evacuating flood-affected women and children at a village in Jammu on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

An Indian Air Force Helicopter carries flood affected people at a village in Jammu. (Source: PTI)

Men use a makeshift raft to evacuate an elderly man and his grand daughter from a flooded neighborhood in Srinagar on Sunday. (Source: PTI)

Indian Army soldiers unloading food materials for flood-affected people from an IAF chopper at Pargawal village of Akhnoor sector of Jammu. (Source: PTI)

The photo released by the India Government Press Information Bureau shows people marooned in flooding waiting to be rescued by an Indian Air Force helicopter, foreground, in Jammu and Kashmir. (Source: AP Photo/India Government Press Information Bureau)

The photo released by the India Government Press Information Bureau shows people marooned in flooding waiting to be rescued by an Indian Air Force helicopter, foreground, in Jammu and Kashmir. (Source: AP Photo/India Government Press Information Bureau)