Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Army personnel carry the body of a tourist who died after falling from the chopper, during the rescue operation after collision between two cable cars at Trikut Ropeway, in Deoghar district
Highlights
- PM Modi interacted with personnel of Army, ITNBP, local administration and civil society.
- The personnel were responsible for launching a 40-hour long rescue operation at Deoghar (Jharkhand).
- Trikut ropeway, according to the Jharkhand Tourism Department, is India’s highest vertical ropeway.
Deogarh ropeway accident: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is interacting with the personnel of IAF, Indian Army, NDRF, ITBP, local administration and civil society who were involved with the 40-hour rescue operation during the Deogarh ropeway accident.
Home Minister Amit Shah also chaired the meeting. He thanked and congratulated all the personnel for carrying out the rescue operation. “I congratulate & thank all representatives of NDRF, Air Force, ITBP, Army, Dist Admn because it was a very difficult op which they carried out patiently. So many agencies, with good coordination, carried out the operation in such a short period of time with minimum loss.” Shah said.
Nearly 70 people were stuck on the ropeway in Jharkhand’s Deoghar following a collision between cable cars due to a technical snag on Sunday (April 10). A joint team of IAF, Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and local police launched a complicated rescue mission to bring people safety who were trapped mid-air.
Unfortunately, three people died, including two tourists who fell down while being pulled up by an IAF helicopter during the rescue operation. At least 12 injured people are undergoing treatment at hospitals.
The Trikut ropeway, according to the Jharkhand Tourism Department, is India’s highest vertical ropeway. It is around 766-meter long.
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