ICG commandant laid to rest
The Hindu
Hundreds of people from Kandiyoor, Mavelikara, and surrounding areas bid a tearful adieu to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) pilot Vipin Babu on Wednesday.
Hundreds of people from Kandiyoor, Mavelikara, and surrounding areas bid a tearful adieu to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) pilot Vipin Babu on Wednesday. A senior deputy commandant in the ICG, Vipin, 39, died in a helicopter crash during a rescue mission off the Porbandar coast in Gujarat earlier this week. He was laid to rest with military honours. Mr. Vipin and three others were on a medical evacuation mission for a seriously injured crew onboard the Indian-flagged Motor Tanker Hari Leela, about 45 km off the coast. The copter lost control and crashed into the sea on Monday night. He is survived by his wife Shilpa, a military nurse, and son Zenith.

The Ottiyambakkam panchayat had an harrowingly difficult time keeping people from swimming in the deadly quarry with its protruding rocks under the water. There had been many deaths. And then nature intervened, and the fatal accidents stopped. An invasive, floating weed that is a bane of water sources everywhere, the water hyacinth is not just tolerated in the quarry but welcomed












