Video: Locals rescue woman from car submerged in floods
PTI, Jun 25, 2023, 5:54 PM IST
Chandigarh: A woman who had come to a temple in Haryana’s Panchkula on Sunday was rescued by locals after the car she was sitting in was swept away in a river, officials said.
The woman had come to offer prayers at a temple in Kharak Mangoli and parked her vehicle on the river bank. Suddenly the water level in the river rose and her car was washed away in a flash flood while she was still inside it.
Some locals took the woman out of the car amid a strong current of water and rushed her to a local hospital, officials said.
A video of the rescue efforts was circulated on social media.
In another incident, eight people who were stuck near the Ghaggar river in Panchkula were rescued by a team of the National Disaster Response Force, an official said.
The water level in the river increased due to rain in its catchment areas.
Many parts of Haryana and Punjab received rains, leading to a drop in the minimum temperature, the weather department said on Sunday.
In the past 24-hours ending at 8:30 am Sunday, Ambala, Karnal, Narnaul, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Gurugram, Kurukshetra and Mohali received rains, according to a report of the MeT office.
Watch footage of the dramatic rescue here:
View this post on Instagram
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
WATCH: Residents rally to save toddler from terrifying fall in Chennai
Extreme diet? — Brothers die of starvation in Goa, reportedly ‘consumed only one date per day’
WATCH: 5 runaway military horses cause mayhem in London
Watch: 2 Malaysian Navy helicopters crash mid-air; 10 onboard killed
Minor among 4 killed in wall collapse in Gurugram
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
Repolling held peacefully at one polling booth in Chamarajanagar LS segment in Karnataka
Court convicts four accused, acquits 10 in 2015 Malvani hooch tragedy
ICG apprehends Indian fishing boat with 173 kg of narcotics; two crew members detained
Ahead of phase 3 polls, Congress and BJP spar in MP over quotas, Muslim appeasement
Ramanagara: Five students swept away by currents in Cauvery river