Armed Forces rescue over 2200 people in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , Oct 6 (ANI): The Armed Forces have rescued over 2,200 people in the flood-ravaged states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (än`drə prä`dāsh), state (2001 provisional pop. 75,727,541), 106,052 sq mi (275,608 sq km), SE India, on the Bay of Bengal. The capital is Hyderabad. . Columns of the Army, the Air Force and the Navy continue to be deployed for rescue and relief operations. The Army has deployed two columns each in Kurnool and Vijayawada districts of Andhra Pradesh The state of Andhra Pradesh is divided in 23 districts which are listed below.
More than 4.5 tonnes of rations have been distributed by the Army to the marooned ma·roon 1 tr.v. ma·rooned, ma·roon·ing, ma·roons 1. To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon. 2. people in the two flood affected states. The Navy has deployed five teams for relief operations in Vijayawada and three teams in Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh. Two Chetak Naval helicopters are also engaged in relief operations in Vijayawada. In Karnataka, Navy has deployed two diving teams in Uttar Kannada district and a team of 32 men including three paramedics is engaged in landslide landslide, rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow, rescue operations near Karwar. The Air Force has so far deployed twenty-nine aircraft and helicopters, carrying out 294 sorties. The Air Force has airlifted 15 boats, over 155 tonnes of rescue equipment and relief materials besides airlifting over 1000 people including Doctors, paramedics, rescue teams and flood affected victims who were rescued. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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