Wayanad Landslide: Tribal family was trapped in a cave in dense forest, forest officials arrived as angels, rescued 4
Wayanad Landslide: Forest officials have safely rescued a tribal family trapped in a cave in a dense forest. Three children and their father were trapped in the cave. They had not even eaten anything. The children were very scared. The team reached the family after covering a distance of seven km. The landslide has caused massive destruction in Wayanad district of Kerala. This family was also trapped in the cave after the landslide.
Forest officials have safely rescued a tribal family with four children in Wayanad, Kerala; officials in red uniform t-shirts have been praised everywhere for this heroic act. More than four and a half hours was what it took for the rescue team to get to them. The family had four children aged one to four years with them.
The landslide has caused widespread destruction in Wayanad. The tribal family was trapped in a cave deep inside the forest. After receiving the information, Kalpetta Range Forest Officer K. A four-member team led by Hasheesh trekked dangerous paths inside the forest on Thursday. The tribal family belongs to the Paniya community.
The rescue team comprised Range Forest Officer, Kalpetta, K. Hasheesh, Section Forest Officer B.S. Jayachandran, Beat Forest Officer K. Anil Kumar, and Anup Thomas of the Quick Response Team. Officers walked more than a distance of seven kilometers inside the forest to save the lives of the tribal family.
Hashish said on Friday that he found a woman and a four-year-old child near the forest area on Thursday. He said that three children and their father were trapped in a cave. They have nothing to eat. Hasheesh said that the family belongs to a special section of the tribal community. These people usually do not like to mingle with outsiders.
According to the forest officer, this community depends on forest products. They buy rice by selling them in the local market. The officer said that amid heavy rains, slippery and steep rocks had to be climbed. The children were very scared and tired. We gave them whatever we had taken with us to eat. After a lot of persuasion, their father agreed to come with us. We tied the children to our bodies and started descending.
The children were fed and given clothes and shoes at the Attmala office. The children are now safe. They are currently kept in Attmala. On Friday, a picture of an officer carrying a child in his lap went viral on the internet media. On this, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan praised the heroic efforts of the forest officials.
