HYDERABAD: Three persons were washed away while five students, trapped in a stream, were rescued by an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter in separate incidents in Mahaboobnagar district on Wednesday as water levels in tanks and rivers rose due to incessant rains lashing several parts of the State.
Of the three, two youngsters were swept away in a stream in Balanagar while the third met with the same fate in Kalwakurthy.
The IAF helicopter, after rescuing the five students belonging to Kothareddypally in Vangoor mandal who were caught in the Dindi stream, had to make an emergency landing at Maheshwaram on the city outskirts due to inclement weather. The five youngsters, studying in a private college in the city, went home for Dasara.
They visited the nearby Dindi stream this afternoon for swimming.
They got trapped after the water level rose suddenly. They took shelter on a tree. Efforts of local residents and the district administration to rescue them proved unsuccessful. On learning about the incident, Chief Minister K Rosaiah ordered the officials to use helicopters to rescue the marooned youngsters. “An IAF helicopter was rushed to the spot and all the five were airlifted to safety,” District Collector Damayanthi said.
After the operation, while returning to its base at Hakimpet Air Force Station, the chopper was forced to land in an open site at Maheshwaram due to bad weather. “The two pilots and two crew members in the helicopter are safe,” Maheshwaram police inspector M Narender Reddy said.
In the Balanagar incident, three youngsters - Janaki Ramulu, his brother Naveen Goud and their friend Raghurama Reddy - went to swim in a rivulet at Gundlapotlapally. Ramulu got caught in a whirlpool and the other two tried to rescue him. However, only Naveen managed to swim to safety,” SI Jangaiah said.
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