"No flight has taken off from Chandigarh to Ladakh as floodwaters submerged the runway," an IAF official said here. A cloudburst hit Leh town on Thursday night.
"We are monitoring the situation and are in touch with our counterparts in Leh. Right now it is difficult to say when the conditions will become normal," Pardip Das Gupta, the defence spokesperson here, told IANS.
Officials say at least 59 people have been killed and over 300 injured in flash floods following the cloudburst. The floods have washed away several government buildings and homes.
(Published 06 August 2010, 08:52 IST)
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