"Ropeway Shook Violently...": Tribals Who Rescued 8 In Jharkhand
NDTV
Deoghar Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri said that locals gave full support during the initial phase of the rescue operation
Ramdeo Pujhar, 22, was among those Paharia tribals who rescued eight tourists from two cable cars following an accident on a ropeway in Trikut hills in Jharkhand's Deoghar district.
Mr Pujhar, a member of the Paharia Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, or PVTG, heard a loud thud around 4 pm on Sunday and screams of passengers crying for help. He, along with two others, broke open the trolleys and rescued the eight, who were injured.
"I heard a loud thud. The ropeway was shaking violently and the passengers were screaming. I rushed to the direction of the sound. I found panic-stricken people, including two girls, screaming inside the trolleys," he said.
One of the trolleys hit a rock on the ground, while the other was hanging six feet above. Mr Pujhar and the others used a chair to reach the passengers and then broke open the cable cars to rescue them.
