Manasbal: About 180 students of two medical colleges of Srinagar greeted with relief the sight of Mi-17 choppers landing at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base on Saturday, but as they were ferried to safety they did not forget the unknown hands that rescued them when floodwater entered their hostel early this week.
"We are thankful to the local people who evacuated us to safety from the hostel building at Government Medical College, Srinagar as the flood water kept rising," Kusum, a first-year MBBS student, told PTI on board an IAF helicopter.
Kusum, 31 other students, a doctor couple and their two infant kids were the first lot of persons to be evacuated from Manasbal Airbase to Srinagar Airport for their onward journey to their native places.
"Just the sight of landing of the helicopter was a massive relief from the anxiety we were going through over the past five days," Jagrit Kaul of Channi Himmat in Jammu said.
13/09/14 Deccan Chronicle
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"We are thankful to the local people who evacuated us to safety from the hostel building at Government Medical College, Srinagar as the flood water kept rising," Kusum, a first-year MBBS student, told PTI on board an IAF helicopter.
Kusum, 31 other students, a doctor couple and their two infant kids were the first lot of persons to be evacuated from Manasbal Airbase to Srinagar Airport for their onward journey to their native places.
"Just the sight of landing of the helicopter was a massive relief from the anxiety we were going through over the past five days," Jagrit Kaul of Channi Himmat in Jammu said.
13/09/14 Deccan Chronicle
