Dead body of farmer drowned in river Tunga recovered
Chikamagaluru, June.30: The dead body of Umesh, a farmer who was drowned in river Tunga four days ago was recovered by the search team. National disaster management team, police and fire personnel finally succeeded in tracing the dead body that was buried in the river due to heavy rain.
Umesh was a small farmer residing at Nemmaru village in Sringeri taluk. National disaster management team, police and fire personnel had searched for his body since two days.
On Wednesday night Umesh had gone for fishing in Tunga river flowing near his farm land. As he had not returned to his house even after late night, his family members started searching for him near the river bank. When they failed to find him even on Thursday morning, the family members got anxious and immediately lodged a complaint at Sringeri police station.
The police along with fire personnel started search operation on Thursday morning near river. But they failed to trace him. Later on Friday district administration called on NDRF to help in search operation. Till Friday night the team searched almost every corner of the river, but could not find his body.
On Saturday, decomposed body of Umesh was recovered from the river near Nemmar village. The dead body was handed over to the family after post mortem.
The farmer leaders visited the spot and urged the revenue department officials to provide compensation to the family of Umesh.
Locals and people's representatives thanked NDRF officials, police and Fire personnel for recovering the dead body after three days of intense search.
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ISRO successfully conducts second integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan mission
New Delhi (PTI): Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
The system is essential to ensure a safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which astronauts sit during a human flight -- during re-entry and landing.
Union minister Jitendra Singh congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully conducting the test.
"Congratulations #ISRO for the successful accomplishment of Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for #Gaganyaan, India's first Human Space flight scheduled next year. The second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) was successfully conducted at Satish Dhawan Space Station Sriharikota," Singh said in a post on X.
The IADT-02 follows the successful completion of the first IADT, which took place on August 24, 2025, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Air drop tests recreate the last leg of a spacecraft's return to Earth. An aircraft or helicopter drops the spacecraft from a height to test various systems under different scenarios.
These are the deployment of the parachute system in case the mission is aborted mid-flight, system performance when one parachute fails to open and the spacecraft's orientation and safety during splashdown etc.
In the IADT-02 test, a simulated crew module, weighing about 5.7 tonnes, was lifted by an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter to an altitude of about three kilometres and released over a designated drop zone in the sea, near the Sriharikota coast.
In a statement, the ISRO said, "Ten parachutes of four types were deployed in a precise sequence during the descent of the crew module, gradually reducing the velocity for safe touchdown. Subsequently, the simulated crew module was successfully recovered in coordination with the Indian Navy."
