The survivors arrived by an Air India flight from Delhi and were received at the airport by ministers N Anand and D Sarathkumar
Eleven of the 21 survivors are from Cuddalore district. Because of luck and divine intervention, sivaranjani of Trichy, another survivor, said they had survived only. Because there was no mobile network, “We could not tell our relatives what had happened.
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Sathya, the headmistress of a govt school in Kundrathur, said the group initially had no idea that a flash flood was approaching. Murky water came gushing down with rocks, and we could see people running for their lives,” she said. Those who could not climb tied the sari around their waist and were pulled up to safety,” he said. Sathya said he managed to contact his sister, who works in the Hindu religious and charitable endowments department, and received immediate assistance. We hope those who were travelling in them are safe and that we will meet them again,” she said. Another woman survivor said the absence of mobile phone connectivity added to their ordeal as they were unable to contact their families. We want the rescue teams to continue searching for our missing friends who were part of our trip,” she said.
The survivors arrived on an Air India flight from Delhi and were received at the airport by ministers N Anand and D Sarathkumar, who made arrangements to send them to their respective districts. It was an emotional reunion at the Chennai airport as relatives waited anxiously to receive their loved ones, breaking into hugs and tears on seeing them return safely. “We initially thought it was a dust storm and some of us were taking pictures. Within seconds, it looked like a tsunami. The group was waiting on a bus when they were alerted to move away from the spot. “We were clueless, and the bus driver too managed to flee from the vehicle. When we got down from the bus, there was slush up to our ankles,” Sathya recalled. The group scrambled to higher ground. One of the men managed to climb a steep mound using a cable hanging from above, while several youngsters followed him. “A woman threw her sari down from the top and others used it to climb up. The survivors later spotted an Army camp, where they were provided shelter and assistance. The following day, they walked for nearly two hours through difficult terrain covered with thorny trees to reach a helipad. “Our vehicle was fortunately stuck at a turn, so the impact of the flood on us was less. The vehicles in front of us and behind us were washed away. She alleged that the driver and a representative of the tour operator fled the spot without alerting the passengers, leaving the tourists to fend for themselves amid the chaos. Here are more Raksha Bandhan wishes , Bhadra kaal and Shubh Muhurat from The Times of India. Download the TOI App.
CHENNAI: Twenty-one members of a Tamil Nadu tourist group who escaped from a devastating flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi area reached Chennai on Friday, recounting how they narrowly escaped as muddy water, rocks and debris swept away everything in its path.