J&K | Months After Chisoti Cloudburst, Families Of Missing Wait For...

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• The families say they are not asking for compensation but acknowledgement — death certificates that would allow them to perform the rituals for the dead.
• As DNA reports remain pending, they say every passing day deepens the pain of not knowing whether to hold on to hope or accept the loss.
• The devastating cloudburst struck Chisoti village — the gateway to the Machail Mata temple — on August 14, 2025, killing 65 people, mostly pilgrims, and leaving more than 30 missing.
• Holding photographs of their daughter Vanshika and her friend Disha, Rajesh Kumar and Bindiya were among the several people who gathered outside the Press Club here on Wednesday, pressing for justice and answers.
• “We were walking together.