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Last updated: June 25, 2023, 21:39 IST
Screenshot from a video showing locals desperately trying to rescue the stranded woman in Haryana. (Twitter/sumedhasharma86)
The stream of water was so fast, that the locals stumbled several times before reaching the car and eventually saving the woman who was later taken to a nearby hospital.
Locals rescued a woman after her car was heavily swept into a torrential stream of a river in Panchkula, Haryana state on Sunday.
An alleged video of the incident shows a group of local men walking towards the car supported by a rope and rescuing it from it.
The stream of water was so fast that the locals stumbled several times before reaching the car. At one point, a man gets caught by a rope, but with great difficulty saves himself from the rising tide.
The woman who had come to pray at a temple in Kharak Mongolia had parked her car on the river bank.
News agency officials reported that the river’s water level suddenly rose, and the woman’s car was swept away in a flash flood while she was sitting in it. PTI He said.
The woman was subsequently taken to the hospital.
The news agency reported that efforts were underway to recover the woman’s car with the help of a crane years He said.
This comes after eight people got stuck in the Ghaggar River in Panchkula, and were rescued by a team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
The water level in the river has risen due to rainfall in the catchment areas.
On Sunday, the Meteorological Department said that several districts of Haryana and Punjab experienced rains, bringing down the minimum temperature.
In the past 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Ambala, Karnal, Narnaul, Rotak, Bhiwani, Gurugram, Kurukshetra and Mohali received rain, according to a report by the MeT office.
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