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In Pictures: Kashmir copes with floods

Volunteers spring up across Srinagar city to help overcome worst flooding in century amid fear of disease outbreak.

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More than 150,000 people still remain stranded nearly one week after the flooding.
By Ahmer Khan
Published On 19 Sep 2014

The floods in India-administered Kashmir have killed more than 200 people and have left tens of thousands homeless across the state, including in the capital, Srinagar.

Srinagar, a city of one million inhabitants, was completely submerged under water throwing life out of gear as main government buildings, including hospitals, were inundated with floodwater.

The army and the local residents have carried out rescue operations, while more than 150,000 people still remain stranded.

Emergency OPD has been set up on the lawn of a local mosque in the old city’s Nawab Bazar area by Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital. Some hospitals are now running out of medicine as they struggle to provide emergency services in makeshift medical centres.

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With the help of local volunteers, doctors have set up medical camps at different places across Srinagar.

There is a fear of outbreak of water-borne diseases in the Himalayan region, and the focus has now shifted to drain out the floodwater and provide clean drinking water to the people.

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At least 1,000 villages across the Kashmir valley were flooded.
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Local people collect water in the Rajbagh area of Srinagar.
People put sandbags on the front doors of their houses to save them from the flood in Natipora, Srinagar.
Submerged trucks and a building can be seen in Nowgam, Srinagar.
Authorities have been accused of moving too slowly to help stricken residents since the disaster unfolded, with some rescue officials being attacked by angry residents.
Local volunteers try to rescue people just before their boat sank into the floodwaters in Rajbagh.
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A mother dog tries to save her pup in Rajbagh. The waters have now receded, revealing broken homes, mounds of rubbish and dead animals.
Local volunteers help rescue people at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
A collapsed house at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
An Indian air force helicopter during rescue operations. 
A car is seen submerged under floodwaters at Lal Chawk, Srinagar(***)s main market.
A man carries his bag while crossing a flooded street in Khayam in the state capital.