NE NEWS SERVICE
PALAKKAD, FEB 9
After being trapped in a cleft on a mountain face in Malampuzha area of Palakkad district in Kerala for nearly two days, rescue teams of the Army were able to reach Babu, provide him food and water and then haul him to safety.
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Rescue Operations have commenced. Attempts from multiple locations are being made to reach the person stuck in a steep gorge in Malampuzha mountains #Kerala for evacuation. #WeCare@adgpi pic.twitter.com/sujFlt6RB9— Southern Command INDIAN ARMY (@IaSouthern) February 9, 2022
Visuals on news channels showed the youth being helped up the mountain by Army personnel, who are part of the specialised teams which arrived here last night from Bengaluru, by strapping him to one of the rescuers.
Worries have been put to rest as the young man trapped in the Cherad hill in Malampuzha has been rescued. The treatment & care needed to regain his health will be provided now. Thanks to the soldiers who led the rescue operation and everyone who provided timely support. pic.twitter.com/YAwHQOxZAP
— Pinarayi Vijayan (@pinarayivijayan) February 9, 2022
The youth was hauled up to safety by 10.08 am by the Army personnel and successfully completed the massive rescue effort, perhaps the first of its kind in the state, which involved local bodies, NDRF, Coast Guard with the Air Force also standing by to chip in.
Babu was trapped in a recess on the mountain face, between rocks, in the scorching heat with no water or food since Monday.
According to locals, the youth, along with two others had on Monday decided to climb to the top of Cherad hill there, but the other two abandoned the effort halfway.
However, Babu continued to climb to the top, and after reaching there, slipped and fell and got trapped between rocks on the mountain face.
