Margi, Warwan, Sep 26: A month after a cloudburst unleashed flash floods that flattened Margi village in Kishtwar’s Warwan valley, more than 1,000 residents remain trapped in misery, living in tents, battling hunger, and accusing authorities of meagre relief and unfair compensation as their once-thriving village lies buried under mud and boulders.

During a visit to ground zero, this correspondent found the people of Margi struggling to rebuild their lives. While the district administration, along with non-governmental organisations including Ababeel, Tariq Memorial Trust Foundation, and Hilal Healthcare Society Kishtwar, have been supplying relief materials, the destruction is so vast that large-scale assistance is still desperately required.

Survivors, who escaped with nothing but the c

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