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New technology designed to carry out rescue operations in Mandi

Mandi, June 15 (ANI): Engineers from southern India have devised two new technologies, SONAR and LIDAR, to carry out further search operations of the missing students who drowned in Beas River of Himachal Pradesh. 24 engineering students of a private engineering college of Hyderabad were swept away when the waters of river Beas suddenly spiked dangerously high following a release from the reservoir of 126 MW Larji hydropower project on June 08. Antony Leyon Felix, an engineer, said the two technologies are based on laser pulse-recognition. Jun 15, 2014
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Search operation in Mandi gets strict, authorities to dry up Beas

Mandi, June 14 (ANI): Search operation to recover the bodies of students from Hyderabad who were washed away in Beas river is still underway. Civil authorities have given directions to stop water flow from Laarji Dam and forces are concentrating on a patch of a few kilometers. The SSB Commandant Shiv Ram said that forces have recovered a jacket and wallet of student along with some identity cards. He added that the forces are hopeful to find something by the end of the day. No more bodies have been recovered since the eight bodies that were traced till June 12. Jun 14, 2014
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Drones to help trace missing bodies in Mandi river tragedy

Mandi, June 14 (ANI): As the massive search for missing students intensified in Himachal Pradesh, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to trace the bodies. 24 engineering students of a private engineering college of Hyderabad were swept away when the waters of river Beas suddenly spiked dangerously high following a release from the reservoir of 126 MW Larji hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh on June 08. An official of NDRF, Vairabha Nathan, said although the rescue teams are using UAV to locate the bodies, they are facing problems in GPS connectivity in the rugged topographical conditions. Jun 14, 2014
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Pakistan violates ceasefire, politicos react

New Delhi/ Hyderabad, June 13 (ANI): Political leaders on Friday condemned ceasefire violation by Pakistan in the morning. CPI leader Atul Anjan stated that Pakistan has failed to control violence and terrorism which gains support from their government. Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that PM Modi's government took an initiative of building friendly relations with Pakistan but it gave negative response. He added that Modi should check into the matter and set conditions right. Congress leader Rajiv Shukla slammed the BJP government saying that when ceasefire violation happened during UPA rule, BJP used to raise voice but now they are silent. Pakistan troops on Friday violated the ceasefire by targeting Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir with heavy firing and mortar shelling. Jun 13, 2014
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Himachal Pradesh tragedy survivors blame laxity of safety measures as cause of deaths

Mandi/ Hyderabad, June 13 (ANI): Survivors of the Himachal Pradesh river tragedy which swept away 24 students blamed negligence of safety measures at the site Beas River as the cause of deaths. The survivors said besides the college authorities, state tourism department were also responsible for lack of caution signs at the site. Meanwhile, two more bodies were recovered on Thursday and were flown to their home town. Rescuers stepped up search operations for the missing students of the engineering college who were swept away by water released from a dam while the group was taking photographs at the river bank near Thalot on Manali-Kiratpur Highway in Himachal Pradesh Jun 13, 2014
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Seventh body recovered from Beas river, search still on

Mandi, June 12 (ANI): Rescuers recovered a seventh body from the River Beas on Thursday. A search is still on to find the remaining 17 bodies from the river which had swept away 24 college students and a tour operator earlier this week. Meanwhile, a team of Navy officials visited the place and is likely to assist in rescue operations. More divers with latest equipments are also expected to join the search operations. The students, belonging to VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology in Hyderabad, were clicking photographs when they were swept away by the river after the officials released water from the Larji Dam located upstream. Jun 12, 2014
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Police file negligence case in Mandi river tragedy

Mandi/ New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): Police filed a First Information Report (FIR) in Mandi river tragedy after 24 students were swept away by gushing waters from a dam discharge in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The students were from a private engineering college of Hyderabad and had gone missing on Sunday after stopping to take photographs. Police have filed negligence cases against the dam officials. Jun 12, 2014
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Local administration insensitive, say families of students swept away by river Beas

Mandi, June 11 (ANI): Family members of the students from Hyderabad swept away by gushing waters of river Beas in Himachal Pradesh have accused local administration of being insensitive; lacking a system in place after rescue officials recovered five bodies from the river. Rescuers had found five bodies till Tuesday and officials said prospects of finding the rest alive were bleak. The students were from a private engineering college in Hyderabad and had gone missing on June 08 after stopping to take photographs. The family members, who had arrived, claimed the bodies and with the help of the leaders from Andhra Pradesh flew them back. The students were angry that there had been no warnings about the danger of the area they were visiting. Jun 11, 2014
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