DHAKA: At least 15 people have been killed in landslides following floods in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Rescue workers said they had recovered the bodies from the debris of a landslide which buried homes in Chadoora town, reports the BBC.

Some 200 families have been evacuated after torrential rain and a surge in the water level of the Jhelum River.

Police said the mudslides had hit houses in Chadoora, some 15km (10 miles) west of the main city of Srinagar.

Rescue workers had recovered 15 bodies from the debris of two houses, police official Fayaz Ahmed informed.

Mohammed Sultan, a villager, said the ground above the houses collapsed without warning.

“All of them just suddenly got buried alive. Now they are nowhere to be found,” he said.

Authorities have set up 20 relief camps and urged people living in low-lying areas to move to higher ground.

BDST: 1900 HRS, MAR 31, 2015