In a swift and prompt rescue operation, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) successfully rescued four youths stranded between Garuchatti and Rambada of Rudraprayag district on Wednesday night, said police.
SDRF officials said that as soon as they got to know about the person on a bike falling into a gorge in the area, they sprung into action, launched an operation, and rescued him.
Officials of the Indian Army Rescue Column rescued nine civilians who were stuck in vehicles stranded on an inundated bridge in Rajasthan's Jalore district, officials said on Monday.
Shalini Agnihotri, Superintendent of Police, Kangra, said, "At around 10 pm last night, we rescued around 26 persons in the Kareri Lake area who were stranded due to heavy rain."
About 10 fire tenders and 16 CAT ambulances reached the spot and the rescue and relief work was conducted. The fire was extinguished and the students from the first floor and second floor were rescued from the building, the statement added.
In a tragic incident, a TATA Sumo met with an accident at Gursai Mendher in which 11 passengers got injured and admitted to the sub-district hospital, Mendher. Local citizens rushed to the spot and rescued the injured passengers.
"The incident took place on Monday and was reported at 5:28 pm in which 6 people drowned in the sea at Juhu Beach. Out of 6 people, 2 were rescued by public members and 4 people are still missing," Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.
Twenty newborns were rescued by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) after a fire broke out in the room of a newborn hospital in Vaishali Colony, New Delhi, the police said on Friday.