A woman passenger was rescued when her feet slipped while de-boarding from a Rayagada passenger train at Platform No.4 of the Duvvada railway station.
Railway staffs rushed to the site and started rescue operations. She was retrieved alive by breaking the platform coping and was shifted to hospital by 108 Ambulance.
Staffs from Civil Engineering, Operating, Commercial, RPF, Railway and GRP did a very commendable job by working for one and a half hours and the young woman was safely taken out by removing two blocks of platform No.4. She was slightly injured.
DRM Anup Satpathy appreciated the rescue team for swift rescue operation to save life of the woman. As an appreciation, a token group cash award and individual citations were announced.