IAF chopper rescues 19 stranded in Kullu district
Nineteen persons were stranded at Dobhi Bihal in Kullu district on Sunday after the water level in the Beas river rose abnormally.
The persons trapped in the river were airlifted to Bhuntar by an Indian Air Force chopper.
Kullu Deputy Commissioner Yunus Khan said most of the stranded persons were from Uttar Pradesh and Nepal. The rising water level in the Fozal Nullah having washed away the sidewalls of Dwara bridge, traffic on the Kullu-Manali road had been halted.
