Search operations begins 2nd day for the missing students

Search operations for the 19 missing students in Himachal Pradesh begin again today early morning. Around 450 army personals are participating in the search operations for the remaining 19 students. The search teams are expecting that the bodies may surface at Pando dam, which is 20 km away from the Lajri hydal project. So they are searching there also for the bodies. They fear chances of surviving of any students is remote.

Union civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, TDP leaders Malla Reddy, Narayana, T-Home Minister Nayini Narasimha Reddy and several officials from Telangana and Himachal Pradesh government, College staff have been camping near the accident spot since last two days and supervising the search and transport operations.

So far, four bodies (Rambabu, Aishwarya, Lakshmi Gayatri and Vijeta) were recovered and sent to Hyderabad in a special flight. The flight has reached Begumpeta airport yesterday evening and the bodies were handed over to their relatives. Those 24 students, who narrowly escaped from the fatal incident, also returned to Hyderabad in special flight today morning. Telangana minister Mahindar Reddy and several officals of the T-Government are coordinating at Shamshabad airport.

AP Chief Minister Chandrababu, soon after knowing about the incident has asked union minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju to co-ordinate the search and transport operations. He also arranged a special flight belong to Air Cotsa for bringing back the students and their relatives to Hyderabad. Chief Ministers of both states Chandrababu and KCR are personally monitoring entire operations.