Srinagar- Two minor girls were rescued while another was untraceable after the three fell in a fast flowing stream in Jaggerpora village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday afternoon, reports reaching here said.
Quoting officials, reports said that three minor girls fell in Nallah Pohru which was in spate due to heavy rains Saturday afternoon sending shockwaves across the area.
According to these reports the girls were walking on the wooden bridge built over Nallah Pohru when one of them dropped her slipper in the stream. All the three tried to retrieve it and in the process they were taken away by the currents. Soon after the news spread, the locals and police rushed to the spot. Police and locals pulled out the two girls however the third one remained untraceable.
The two girls rescued were hailing from Mughalpora Nagri while the missing girl is said to be from Muqam-i-Shahwali village, reports further said.
Though the rescue operation was intensified to trace the missing girl, there were no signs of her as the dusk settled, reports said.
Late in the evening Tehsildar Handwara Shahbaz Ahmad said that the operation was called off as light receded. “Given the night and darkness, the rescue operation has been called off. A large number of people, including children were there and for their safety, this measure has been taken,” he said, according to news agency KNO.
The river, he said, was overflowing due to the continuous rains.
“Rescue operation was called off and shall resume early in the morning. Many other measures like traps at different places nearby have also been installed. Hopefully, the girl will be rescued early,” he said.
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