Tumakuru: Woman who slipped into gorge at waterfall rescued after 12-hour operation
Tumakuru (Karnataka), Oct 28: A young woman, who was trapped in a rocky terrain above a lake near Mandaragiri hills in the district while taking a selfie, survived miraculously on Monday, police said.
The police and firefighters brought her out safely after 12 hours of rescue operation.
Hamsa (19), a B Tech student from Shivarampur village in Gubbi Taluk, had gone on Sunday with her friend from Bengaluru to see the Mandaragiri Hill falls, which has come alive due to torrential rains in the last few days, police said.
"Water is gushing from a 30 feet high precipice and, coursing through the rocky terrain, falls into the Maidala lake," they added. “While taking a selfie at the foothill of Mandaragiri she slipped into the gorge and was trapped between the rocks,” a police officer said.
Seeing her disappearing into the gorge, her friend raised an alarm and shouted for help, police said.
Soon, villagers gathered there and called the police. The police team along with the fire and emergency services personnel reached the spot and, after a 12 hour of exercise, saved Hamsa.
Tumakuru Superintendent of Police Ashok K V told reporters that the police and fire fighters diverted the gushing water by putting sandbags and carried out the rescue operation.
"The whole night she could not be seen. After the water flow stopped, Hamsa was found alive in between the rocks. She was taken to the hospital where she was given first aid. Now she is stable in the hospital,” Ashok said.
The SP said that people have been restricted from going there to avoid any such incident, and appealed to them to be cautious.
A 19-year-old girl who had fallen into a lake while trying to take selfies rescued in #Karnataka's #Tumakuru. She spent a harrowing 12-hour ordeal before rescue personnel granted her a fresh lease of life. pic.twitter.com/JIa29zn8jT
— Hate Detector 🔍 (@HateDetectors) October 28, 2024
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
