Udupi: A team of four young men from Sathyada Tuluver, a group of individuals who think the same into social services in Mangaluru and Udupi, have saved a 55-year-old man from sinking on the Sungai Boardini on Friday.
Praveen Kurkal, a businessman and member of Sathyada Tuluver, who is part of the rescue operation, told Ti that the incident was revealed when his two friends, Vishal and Chetan, worked as a graphic designer, returned to Manipal’s house after finishing the night shift at 4.10 in the morning.
“When reaching Manipura-Kypral Bridge, they pay attention to the two wheels that fall on the bridge.
They immediately went near the vehicle and found the footwear nearby.
They realized that something was wrong, and began to look inside and around the river, it was at the depth Nearly 40 feet, with the help of their cellphone Torchlight.
It rains and visibility is bad.
When they just left the place because they did not find anyone, they heard a man shouting for help.
He was almost 50 m from the bridge.
They called me by telephone and I reached out to the swimmer of Eshwar Malpe to ask for help, who is in place in 10 minutes, ” said Praveen.
“Eshwar swam towards the man and arrested him, but soon realized that saving him alone could be dangerous.
I immediately rushed to the house of relatives nearby and got a 50-liter can and the rope of them.
We then tied the victim with a rope at one end, and we held a rope on the river.
Who can act as float for victims, and within 45 minutes, we can save it.
Meanwhile, we told the police who reached the place.
The man who was saved, Balakrishna Bhat, rushed to a private hospital, and his family was told.
He might be on the river from 12am to 4.30 in the morning, “he said.