The National Disaster Response Force?managed to rescue 10 people from a reservoir at the Kol?Dam Hydel Project in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh after an overnight operation.??The ten rescued included five officials of the Forest?Department.
Himachal Pradesh: NDRF Team Rescues 10 People Stuck In Kol Dam In Mandi After Overnight Operation
Ten people including five forest department employees were stuck in a boat in the reservoir at the Kol Dam Hydel Project in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh after they went to check the situation for logs floating inside due to heavy rains. After an overnight operation, all of them have been rescued by the National Disaster Response Force.
10 people stuck in Kol Dam reservoir in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh were rescued.
10 people stuck in Kol Dam reservoir in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh were rescued.
?After heavy rains in the past days, a lot of logs had fallen into the reservoir and five workers as well as some local people went there to assess the situation.
But their boat got trapped due to heavy silt and logs near Tattapani, reportedly.
According to PTI,??at 11:30 pm?on Sunday, while?one of the NDRF swimmers anchored the boat, a team of the 14 Battalion of the NDRF left for the site in a steamer boat of the dam authority.
The rescue operation was completed around 2:30 am, officials told PTI.
It was a difficult operation as navigation became tough during the night. All the ten people have been rescued safely, Deputy Commissioner, Mandi, Arindam Chaudhary, who was at the spot, told PTI.
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