Raising question marks over state government’s flood mitigation measures, a large stretch of embankment of river Jhelum crumbed near Lasjan here on Wednesday. Coincidentally, the house of Disaster Management minister Javid Mustafa Mir is near the spot. Panic gripped the area on Wednesday afternoon after more than 200-meter portion of embankment at Lasjan crumbed alongwith boundary walls of several houses. Witnesses said several people had narrow escape as the embankment suddenly crumbled into Jhelum. “We were shocked to see vast portion of embankment crumbling into the river. There was panic…
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