Kishtwar sensors face first test as cloudburst floods Chatroo market

Early warning systems installed after last year's Chasoti disaster recorded zero casualties during Saturday's deluge, though floodwaters still swept away vehicles and blocked the national highway.

A small stream near the student market in Chatroo overflowed early Saturday, spilling mud and debris into commercial and residential areas across Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district [8]. The sudden discharge carried boulders and slush through the main market, burying storefronts and rendering the Kishtwar-Chatroo-Sinthan National Highway impassable within hours [4]. Two vehicles were swept away by the rising water before the flow stabilized, leaving a corridor of wreckage where commuters had driven only moments earlier [2].

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