The group of students washed away in Bias river in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday was from VNR Vignana Jyothy College at Bachupally village near Hyderabad.
The report of at least 23 students been washed away has sent waves of shock and dismay. Worried parents are frantically trying to reach their wards over phone.A group of 48 students led by a faculty member Kiran had left Hyderabad for Himachal Pradesh on June 3 on industrial tour.Two girls among the group Pratyusha and Monika have informed their families in Hyderabad that at least half of the group has been washed away in flash floods when the students were taking photographs while river rafting.
There was confusion about the number of missing students. Some reports put it 16 and others at 25.Meanwhile quickly responding to the tragedy, Telangana Home Minister N Narasimha Reddy accompanied by one IAS and IPS officer left for Kulu Manali.Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who chaired an emergency meeting of the State Cabinet directed Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma to gather all the information about the incident and take necessary action.