Two days after rescue agencies fished out one of the two missing ST buses, which fell into a river following a bridge collapse near Mahad in Raigad district, the wreckage of the second bus was found on Saturday
The Jaigad-Borivli bus was fished out from the river on Saturday night
Two days after rescue agencies fished out one of the two missing ST buses, which fell into a river following a bridge collapse near Mahad in Raigad district, the wreckage of the second bus was found on Saturday.
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The Jaigad-Borivli bus was fished out from the river on Saturday night
The Jaigad-Borivli bus, which was located 200 metres from the first ST bus, was dragged ashore with the help of cranes late in the night. While the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Coastal Guard and Navy are carrying out rescue operations together, Sushma Satpute, sub-divisional officer (Mahad), said it was the Navy commanders who found both the missing buses.
Shirish Pavle, lieutenant commandant, Navy, said though both the buses were located just around 200 metres from each other, search operations took time because they could enter the river only when the water levels weren't too high. "To avoid the heavy flow of water, we carried out search operations at 5 am," he said. He added that since the river was muddy, the visibility in the water was poor, making it impossible for divers to find the bus.
"We traced the bus at 10 am on Saturday, but our divers had to go inside and confirm if it was the same missing vehicle," Pavle said. The cranes were brought to the site early evening. According to officials, mud from the water had seeped into the bus, causing the heavy vehicle to sink further below, delaying rescue work.
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