Mehboobnagar, Sep 30th: Five teenagers, who got stuck midstream in a river in Mehboobnagar in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday, had a dramatic rescue after an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter was summoned for help. Seven children in the age group 10-15 years were caught in a small rivulet midstream in Mehboobnagar while they were trying to cross it as the water level rose suddenly. While two of them swam to safety, the other five did not know how to swim and took refuge on a rock as the water level continued to rise.
After frantic efforts of the district administration failed to yield results, the Indian Air Force was contacted at around 3.15 p.m. A helicopter from Hakimpet airbase immediately started for the site. "It took us nearly an hour to reach the site around 150 km away from our base. We navigated through extremely bad weather to reach the spot, we had to winch them one by one. We had to observe extreme caution as a slight mistake would have pushed the children into more danger," said Group Captain Rajesh Isser, pilot of the helicopter. The rescue operation was completed in half an hour in the presence of thousands of onlookers.
Photo proofs for development works Posted on 01-Oct-2009
Kakinada, Sep 30th: Union Minister of State for Defense M M Pallam Raju, who is also the Chairman of the district-level vigilance and monitoring committee for rural development programs, has advised the engineers in-charge of Panchayati Raj works and National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (NREGS)...
Colleges to fill vacant seats Posted on 01-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Sep 30th: Eamcet officials have decided to surrender vacant seats in the convener quota to respective engineering colleges and have asked them to conduct spot admissions on their own way by issuing notifications in newspapers. This decision was taken as about 9,017 seats remained vacant de...
4 killed in fire mishap Posted on 27-Sep-2009
Kakinada, Sep 27th: Four persons of a family, Maridamma (40), G. Vijay (24), G. Pedababu and V. Sravani (18) died in the fire mishap that took place here on Sunday at main market. And another person G. Babji was seriously injured when crackers being made by them for Vijayadasami and Deepavali festiva...
15 killed due to heavy rain in AP Posted on 02-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 1st: Heavy rain lashed Andhra Pradesh killing 15 people, inundating several villages, damaging crops and disrupting transport and communication links, officials said Thursday. The heavy rain, which has been incessant since Wednesday, was due to a low pressure area over the Bay of Benga...
Andhra to release 950 lifers Posted on 02-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 1st: The Andhra Pradesh government on Oct 01 ordered the release of 950 prisoners who are serving life imprisonment in various jails across the state. State Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy told that the prisoners, whose prison terms were being shortened, would be released on Oct 02...
Kurnool faces threat of submergence Posted on 03-Oct-2009
Hyderabad, Oct 2nd: The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh turned alarming Oct 2 night as Kurnool town was in danger of being submerged in the backwaters of the Srisailam dam due to unprecedented inflows. Authorities said they are monitoring the situation closely and that efforts are under way on a wa...
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