Crossing an overflowing river, holding a rope and a soldier’s hand

The only way to reach villages across the swift Suran river, still in spate, is by using ropes. The current is strong, although the water has begun to recede. The Army has been helping the people – who had pulled out four days days ago -across all day. They are going back home on the other side after days. Five days of incessant rain last week made the Suran change its course, cutting off an entire village in Surankote from both sides. Bela, Potha and Sanai villages had overnight become an island which Suran River was threatening to gobble up. The fate of over 400 people in these villages was grim.

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