Teacher’s delay saves 80 children in cloudburst-hit J&K village

In a remote village of Chasoti, teacher Hukum Chand’s decision to delay his students’ lunch saved 80 children from a catastrophic flash flood. As a mountain collapsed into a stream, destroying homes and temples, Chand’s quick thinking ensured the children’s safety while the rest of the village was left grappling with immense loss and devastation.