The Kashmir Katrina

An aerial view taken from an Indian Air Force helicopter shows the flooded Srinagar city, September 11, 2014. Authorities in Kashmir collected the bodies of women and children floating in the streets on Thursday as anger mounted over what many survivors said was a bungled operation to help those caught in the region's worst flooding in 50 years.

September 11, 2014
PTI

Srinagar: (click here) For 73-year-old Mohammad Irfan of Mumbai, a lifelong dream to visit Kashmir turned into a disaster.

On his first visit to the Valley, he found himself caught along with his family in the middle of the catastrophic floods which has ravaged the state.

The family from Ghatkopar in Mumbai was on Thursday rescued by air force and brought to the technical airport here, from where arrangements were being made to send them home.

“It was our long cherished desire to visit Kashmir and it was our first visit here,” said Irfan....