One week on, the Jammu and Kashmir government remained inconclusive about what triggered nature’s fury in Kishtwar that left 65 civilians dead on August 14 and 33 others missing in Chashoti village.
Officials in the disaster management department are still in the process of ascertaining the cause that led to unprecedented devastation of villages and disrupted the Machail Mata temple yatra in the upper reaches of Kishtwar. Officials have not been able to identify if the devastation was triggered by a cloudburst or a glacial lake outburst.
