Photos: Kashmir starts the painful process of rebuilding two months after floods devastated the Valley

[caption id=“attachment_1818435” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] It has been two months since floods devastated the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The floods killed at least 285 people and left more than 95,000 houses in debris. Here is a glimpse at Kashmir after the floods. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1818437” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Even after PM Narendra Modi announced an immediate relief of Rs 570 crore for rebuilding of damaged homes and Rs 175 crore for affected hospitals in the state, there are areas in the Valley that still need help. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1818439” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Politicians were also quick to politicise the issue of Kashmir floods, with PM Modi recently saying the state government used the issue to loot the state. Congress had also hit out at Modi over the Rs 745 crore package to flood victims, calling it a “crude joke”. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1818441” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] An expert committee under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will be set up to oversee the massive task of rehabilitation and reconstruction in Kashmir. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1818443” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The CPI-M has also urged the government to declare the Jammu and Kashmir floods a “national disaster”. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1818445” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] National Conference had said that people had high expectations that Modi would make a significant announcement but the relief package announced “didn’t go far enough”. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1818447” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Jammu and Kashmir government said the preliminary assessment of cumulative losses due to floods in the state was in excess of Rs 1,00,000 crores. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1818449” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The crop losses have been to the tune of Rs 5611 crore including Rs 1568 crore losses to the horticulture sector, according to a government official. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1818451” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Around 3,44,607 structures have suffered damages, 90,000 cattle and other livestock perished. A lot of work still needs to be done in the Valley in the aftermath of the floods. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost[/caption]