Bhubaneswar: Odia television channel finsing with his cameraman seriously recognized at the hospital following the reverse Disaster Ship Odisha Force Rapid (Odraf) while trying to save Tusker trapped in Mahanadi on Friday morning.
The Egge scribe was identified as Arindam Das.
The injured cameraman is Pravat Sinha.
“The scribe was received dead at the hospital,” said Bhubanana Maharana, an emergency officer, SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.
Of the four odraf personnel who were on board, one was still critical.
Rescue personnel and new crew are trapped in a high current of flowing water and a power boat engine stop working.
All the savior men who were trapped were taken out safely on the rope stairs.
Water flows with high intensity.
The rescue team barely reached near Tusker when suddenly slipped.
All saved has been taken to SCB Medical College and hospitals, Cuttack for treatment.
Tusker has been stuck in a series for more than three hours with a crowd swelling over the bridge (built on a series).
Elephants took several attempts to swim to the beach but failed.
Forest personnel even provide many bananas on the rope, but the elephants are inaccessible.
“Jumbo is now stressed and he is resting.
It will weigh more than two tons and it will be difficult to lift it using a rope or crane.
All we can do is wait for animals to negotiate water flow and come to the beach.
The NDRF team has also arrived and They will assess the situation, “MD Jamil said, the Division forest officer (Chandaka wildlife asylum), which is part of the elephant rescue effort