Moving men, materials from far and wide to challenging Wayanad terrain
The Indian Army mobilized personnel and equipment to respond to landslides in Wayanad, Kerala. Rescue operations involved the construction of bailey bridges and the use of sniffer dogs and drones. Despite challenging conditions, over 470 Army personnel and various agencies are engaged in the ongoing rescue efforts.
- ▪The Indian Army received reports of landslides in Wayanad around 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
- ▪Rescue teams faced difficult terrain, with fallen trees and slippery roads complicating their efforts.
- ▪The longest bailey bridge constructed at the site spans 190 feet and was flown in from Delhi.
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It was around 4.30 a.m. on Tuesday that the Indian Army’s senior officers in Chennai received the first call about two landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad district. Within a few hours, the headquarters of the Army’s Dakshin Bharat area in Chennai put together a comprehensive rescue and relief plan and mobilised personnel, sniffer dogs and equipment from as far as Delhi and Meerut.“As we were already prepared following the orange alert, we were able to move our personnel within a few hours of receiving information,” a senior Army officer told The Hindu. By 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, personnel of the 122 Battalion of the Territorial Army were at the site. Reinforcements were sent in following their inputs. Soon, personnel from the Defence Security Corps (DSC) unit in Kannur reached the site.
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