Rescue teams along with divers and rafters today scoured the Beas River for signs of the missing 19 students of a Hyderabad-based engineering college and a tour guide who were washed away due to sudden discharge of water from the reservoir of Larji Hydropower Project.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams yesterday recovered bodies of only five students including three girls and a boy. The body of Debasheesh Bose was the last to be recovered near the spot. His parents had arrived here yesterday.
A team comprising 84 NDRF men and 10 divers started the search operation in turbulent Beas River from the accident spot Thalaut and Pandoh Dam this morning, Jaideep Singh, Commanding Officer, NDRF said.
A dozen boats, local divers and rafters are also assisting the NDRF teams in the rescue operations.
Some Army divers are also expected to join the search operations today and the rescue mission would continue till all the bodies are recovered.
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