Sunday, 25 June 2017

Mumbai: 55 students trapped at Devkund waterfalls rescued

The students had gone to Devkund waterfalls near Bhira village some 50 kilometres from Mumbai.

Rescue operation

Fifty-five students, who were trapped in two streams of Kundalika river of Maharashtra, were rescued today.
The students had gone to Devkund waterfalls near Bhira village some 50 kilometres from Mumbai.
Rescue work was carried out by a team lead by Mangaon Police and Kundalika rafters.
The students mostly between 17 and 20 years old were connected through a WhatsApp group that goes for hiking and riding at different places.
The students were from different colleges in Mumbai.
The group were on a trip to Devkund waterfalls and had left Mumbai on Sunday morning. The students were stranded after heavy rains lashed the region.
Mangaon police got information about the situation in the afternoon.
Since the students were trapped at a remote place deep in the forest, the cops had to walk nearly seven kilometres.
The rescue operations took place for nearly three hours.
"It was extremely difficult operation. Rain stopped in the afternoon which helped us a bit. We were just 7 people and rescued them all," said API Jagtap.

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