On Camera, Disaster Response Force's Late-Night Op Across Raging River
NDTV
Worrying visuals shared on social media have shown vehicles floating in the deluge, houses and bridges collapsing, and muddy water entering residential areas.
Emergency workers from the national and state disaster response forces are playing a critical role in relief and rescue operations across north India, where incessant rainfall in the last three days has led to chaos, claiming at least 19 lives. A recent video from Himachal Pradesh, where the Chief Minister has appealed to people to stay indoors for the next 24 hours, showed NDRF men zip-lining across a raging river to rescue stranded people. #WATCH | Himachal Pradesh: In a late-night rescue operation, NDRF team rescued 6 people who were stranded in the Beas River near Nagwain village in Mandi district due to the rise in the water level of the river following incessant rainfall in the state.(Visuals: NDRF) pic.twitter.com/RQMlHKnBUV
Visuals from the Beas River near Nagwayin village of the hill state's Mandi district showed a daring late-night rescue operation, where a man can be seen holding on to the cable while NDRF personnel pull him across the river through the zip-line to public applause.
The 14th Battalion of the NDRF was reportedly involved in the operation.
