Rescue workers on Tuesday spotted 13 bodies lying in a house in Jawahar Nagar area of the city, taking the death toll in flood-ravaged J&K to over 200. “We spotted 13 bodies in a house which had collapsed due to flooding late on Monday,” said Abdul Hamid, a rescue worker, after bringing two bodies to the Gogjibagh bank of the flood channel. While two bodies were taken out from the debris of the house last night, it will take some time to bring to shore the other nine bodies as they were trapped in the debris. The identity of the deceased persons could not be ascertained as the bodies were in a semi-decomposed state but the rescue worker said they were most likely of non-locals. “From the appearance, we gather they were one or two non-local families who could not escape the flood water in time or could have been killed in the collapse of the house,” he said.
