According to the police, approximately 42 tourists have been left stranded at Muthyala Dhara waterfalls in Mulugu district due to an increase in water flow on Wednesday.
#WATCH | Telangana: Rescue work has been completed. A total of 80 stranded tourists have been rescued from the Mutyala Dhara waterfall. We verified with every group and no one is left behind now. They have been given water and medical services. One boy got a minor scorpion bite… pic.twitter.com/iG0vnmk7O2
— ANI (@ANI) July 27, 2023
In response, the District Disaster Response Force and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been mobilized to conduct rescue operations at the site. The authorities have been maintaining communication with the stranded tourists through mobile phones, advising them to avoid the water stream and conserve their mobile battery life.
#WATCH | Waterlogging in a market area in Telangana's Warangal due to continuous heavy rainfall in the area pic.twitter.com/bBBWeLEC81
— ANI (@ANI) July 26, 2023
Gaush Alam, the Superintendent of Police for Mulugu District, assured that all the tourists will be rescued by morning, and the rescue operation is currently underway. He urged the stranded tourists not to attempt crossing the stream on their own as rescue teams are on their way. Instead, they have been advised to stay on higher ground and preserve their mobile batteries. Necessary provisions like food items and rescue equipment are being dispatched to them.
Fortunately, the rescue operation at Mutyala Dhara waterfall has been successfully concluded, with a total of 80 stranded tourists being rescued and accounted for. They have received essential provisions, including water and medical assistance. Although one boy suffered a minor scorpion bite, he has already been treated. SP Mulugu confirmed that 90% of the tourists are in good health.
However, the weather situation in the region remains precarious. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for extremely heavy rainfall in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh until Thursday. This warning is due to a well-marked low-pressure area over the west-central and adjacent northwest Bay of Bengal, located off the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts. The IMD predicts that this low-pressure area is likely to intensify into a depression within the next 24 hours. As it moves slowly northwestwards along the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts and the western end of the monsoon trough shifts further northwards over the next two days, regions like Rayalaseema, Kerala, and Mahe of Puducherry are expected to experience very heavy rainfall. Karnataka is also likely to witness heavy rainfall until Friday.
