Stranded Kannadigas rescued, reach Delhi

 

The control room in Bengaluru, set up to coordinate rescue efforts, on Sunday received over 1,000 calls from the relatives desperate to know the fate of their dear ones. Nearly 150 people from the state were brought on a flight to New Delhi and they are expected to reach Bengaluru in a day or two. They have been accommodated at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi. Efforts are on to rescue another 100 tourists, and they are likely to be airlifted on Monday. Officials from the state, who reached Kathmandu on Sunday evening, told Deccan Chronicle that the ongoing rains could delay the rescue operation.

 

Mr Ritesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, State Disaster Management Cell, said that by Monday morning a clearer picture will emerge on resuming rescue efforts. “We are trying to reach out to those stranded. We will provide them all assistance for their safe return,” he said. 

 

Family members of C.M. Praveen, a mountaineer from the city, who is stranded on Mt Everest, met the government officials on Sunday. Praveen (29) has been stuck at Camp I of Everest for the last two days and efforts to airlift him and other stranded mountaineers on Sunday went in vain due to another avalanche. Health Minister U.T. Khader will flag off a team of 10 doctors from Bengaluru early on Monday morning. Each team member will carry 15 kgs of medicine.