Jammu, June 4 (PTI) A large number of cattle have died in Warwan region in Jammu and Kashmir due to the unseasonal heavy snowfall, police said today.
Inhabitants of Warwan in Kishtwar district, the nomad Gujjars, have reported to police that about 32,254 cattle heads have perished in the pasture region due to the recent unseasonal heavy snowfall, police said.
This information that 12,557 sheep, 16,869 goats, 1,460 horses and 1,368 cows have died due to extreme weather conditions, has been provide to police by the nomads through applications at various special police camps in the area, police said.
They said that joint teams of Revenue, Forest and Police Departments are verifying these figures on the ground by visiting the area to ascertain the exact quantum of loss of the Nomadic community
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