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VNR Chairman Becomes Emotional over Death of Students Drowned
- Published_at:2014-06-09
- Category:News & Politics
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- description: Subscribe for more News: http://goo.gl/dgzT4 Like us on FB@ https://www.facebook.com/NtvNewsChannel Follow us on@ https://twitter.com/NtvNewsChannel MANALI: At least 24 students from an engineering college in Hyderabad were feared drowned in the river Beas near Thalot village in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district after large quantity of water was released from Larji reservoir on Sunday. The students of VNR Engineering College were on a tour to Himachal Pradesh and taking pictures on the banks of the river at Thalot when hundreds of cusecs of water discharged from Larji Hydro Power Project's reservoir at around 7pm, Sunday, ended up in the bizarre catastrophe. According to police, the students, 18 boys and six girls, were heading towards Mandi from Manali on a bus when they decided to get down and walk to the river bank to take pictures with the Beas in the background. Just when they reached the banks, a sudden, huge gush of water washed them away. Sources said Larji power project management had not issued any notice before releasing water from the reservoir. A massive rescue mission was launched with professional rafters and divers called in to look for survivors. Police and people from nearby villages too joined in the search for students but it was impossible to locate them in the dark. Sources said the massive current must have carried them to another reservoir 20km downstream at Pandoh. More rescue teams have been sent from Mandi. The Larji project, where students were clicking photographs. The possibility of finding survivors is slim, said sources. Twenty-four students are still missing, said Mandi superintendent of police RS Negi. "They were taking photographs by the banks of the river and their fate is still not known," he added. Police source said they would try and find out if any or some of them got stuck along the banks downstream. Sources said there was slim chance of finding survivor in the cold waters of Beas, which is in spate. Water of Beas beyond Thalot is almost stationary till the Pandoh reservoir and its depth is 10 to 50 feet with several small whirlpools in about 20km span. The river is flowing deep below the road in a narrow valley, at some areas below more than 500 feet. Its banks are accessible only by riding boats or raft. Angry people blocked Mandi-Manali highway and hundreds of vehicles were stranded. Residents of Thalot and nearby areas accused the project authorities of discharging water without warning, that caused the mishap. VNR Vignana Jyothi College of Engineering and Technology in Bachupally latest Telugu news, Andhra politics, telugu movie news, Telugu Movies , Economic news, Telugu news, India Daily News, Today Headlines, Indian News Sites, Tollywood News, political updates, ap political updates, AP Political News, News in Telugu, Telugu Cinema News, Telugu Headlines, ap election news, Andhra News, Film News, Latest Andhra News, Telugu Live News, telangana news, chandrababu naidu, ys jagan, jagan, jagan scam, ap politics, India political news, andhra pradesh news, breaking news, ap popular news, andhra pradesh popular news, andhra state news, current affairs,ap business news, Telugu Political News, latest ap news, ap updates, south india news, Hyderabad news, Andhra Pradesh Tourism, AP political parties, Telugu News Updates, YS Jagan Bail, YSR, TRS, TDP, YSRCP,Congress, Jagan, Vijayamma, Andhra Pradesh local news, Ntv,n tv, ntv live, n tv live, ntv live streming,n tv live streming, ntv now, n tv now, ntv today, n tv today,ntv telugu news, ntv telugu,ntv news,live tv,
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