Bhubaneswar: Four Disaster Personnel Odisha Force Rapid Action (Odraf) and two local television news crew escaped from a boat accident while trying to save a Tusker trapped in Manganadi in Odisha on Friday morning.
Rescue personnel are stuck in a strong and sudden current, their electric boat machine does not work.
All trapped men were taken out safely using the rope stairs and taken to SCB Medical College and hospital in Cuttack.
All saved has been taken to SCB Medical College and hospitals, Cuttack for treatment.
Tusker was stuck in a series for more than three hours.
The elephant tried to swim to the beach several times but failed.
The rescue team barely reached near Tusker when suddenly slipped.
“Jumbo is now stressed.
Weighing more than two tons and it will be difficult to lift it using a rope or crane.
What we can do is wait for animals to negotiate through the flow of water and come to the beach.
The NDRF team has also arrived and they will assess the situation,” said MD Jamil, Division Forest Officer (Chandaka Wildlife Asylum).
Odisha: a narrow escape for disaster response personnel as a boat machine malfunction in the middle of a strong current in Mahanadi
