Following the suspension of the Vaishno Devi Yatra, several devotees have been stranded in the region, with some waiting at hotels in Katra for the yatra to resume. Devotees present in the area said they had been asked to wait until the path is cleared of debris. The death toll in the rain-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir rose to 41 on Wednesday (August 27, 2025), with the Vaishno Devi landslip accounting for 34 of the lives lost.
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A roaring Tawi River, popularly known as Surya Putri, has struck fear in Jammu residents. Swollen by record-breaking rain, the river inundated hundreds of homes and hectares of farmland, washed away structures and livestock, and displaced over 6,000 people, all within a day.
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Amid continuous heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh, the Chandigarh-Manali Highway has been closed due to a landslipe in Banala. Officials said that the restoration work is underway. Heavy rainfall in the Kullu district has also led to a portion of the highway being washed away as the Beas River flows in spate.
