Jammu and Kashmir is a beautiful state, blessed by nature.
But it is also an example of how though Nature showers Her bounties we humans manage to make the situation ugly. Being a border state, and that too bordering Pakistan, there is a huge number of Army and Military personnel here.

We visited a site close to the Tawi river where the over wrought river had damaged buildings, swept away belongings. When the dam was close to getting breached, the army had arrived and on short notice started evacuating people. People did not even have enough time to stow away their belongings. They carried away what jewellery and money they had, and were taken to safer places.

If the army had not acted promptly maybe more lives would have been lost. Maybe that spirit lives on even in statues of the Indian Soldier or maybe as a tribute to the service rendered by the army, the local people may have stood the statue on its feet again. Be as it may – the Indian Soldier stands……
– Nijamrita