
In an overnight operation, the NDRF successfully rescued some 150 people who were stuck in a boat in the middle of the Gandak River in Kushinagar on Thursday night- NDRF

NDRF official PL Sharma informed that the boat which was carrying around 150 people got stuck in the river due to engine failure- NDRF

A team was immediately dispatched from the Gorakhpur NDRF centre and reached the location at around 2:20 am- NDRF

The boat after getting stuck went with the flow of the river and was further carried away upto 3 km- TNN

A member of NDRF team rescuing an elderly by carrying him on his shoulders- NDRF

A toddler is rescued from the boat- NDRF

The boat got stuck near Barwa Patti Ghat of Tamkuhi tehsil from where it had drifted to Amawa Digar- TNN

A villager informed that due to the ruptured pipe all the oil had leaked out and the engine of the boat stopped working- NDRF

Villagers informed that their lives are exposed to danger, as they have to go to other side of the river for cultivation- NDRF

Governement should provide them boats or a bridge should be made for the villagers- TNN