Strong winds that blew in early hours of Monday affected normal life across Rajouri and Poonch districts.
The residents of Rajouri said, “A storm started at about1:30 am and continued till 5 am. It spread panic and the entire area wasgripped by chaos. As the winds were blowing at a very high speed, which isquite rare in Rajouri, we were scared.”
Though no loss of life or injury was reported, but the powersupply was snapped. “The power supply remained affected for hours together. Thewinds induced technical snags in the transmission lines and normal liferemained affected severely.”
Similar reports were received from Poonch district.