Belagavi: Villagers rescue man swept away by flash flood in Ramdurg
Belagavi: A man had a narrow escape after being swept away by strong water currents while crossing a flooded stretch of road on his bike near Godachi village in Ramdurg taluk.
Due to heavy rains lashing the Western Ghats region, the Malaprabha River has been overflowing, prompting authorities to issue high alerts in surrounding areas. Despite warnings, the biker attempted to cross the road when a powerful water stream suddenly dragged both him and his bike away.
Alert villagers quickly sprang into action, using a rope to pull the man to safety, preventing what could have been a fatal accident.
Continuous heavy rainfall across Belagavi district has turned roads, streams, and bridges into gushing waterways, severely disrupting public movement and posing a risk to commuters.
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Five railway staffers injured as van headed to Rajdhani Express fire site overturns in MP
Ratlam (MP) (PTI): Five railway staffers were injured, one of them critically, when their van carrying repair equipment to the site of a Rajdhani Express fire overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Sunday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in an AC coach of the Delhi-bound Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express between Vikramgarh Alot and Lunirichha stations under the Kota division of the railways in Ratlam at 5.15 am.
It disrupted the movement of several trains on the Mumbai-Delhi route, as per the officials.
A van carrying necessary equipment to Alot overturned on the way when a cow suddenly strayed into the middle of the road, they said.
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Five railwaymen were injured, one of them critically, the officials said.
The incident took place when the van carrying essential equipment for overhead electric line repair, among other things, was on its way to Alot from Shyamnagar in Ratlam, West Central Railway's chief public relations officer Harshit Shrivastava told PTI.
The injured persons were rushed to the hospital and were subsequently referred to Kota in Rajasthan, officials said.
No casualties were reported in the train fire.
