Vikasnagar Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel have continued with their rescue operations on Thursday to find two persons, including a 19- year-old girl, who were swept away in the river, Dhalipur in Vikasnagar on Wednesday evening. Vikasnagar circle officer SK Singh said that 23-year-old boy Narendra and 19-year-old girl, Sarita were swept in a canal at Dhalipur around 8 pm on Wednesday.
Teams comprising of jal police and local police rushed to the spot and began conducting rescue operations. SDRF personnel also joined late Wednesday evening.
He further said that teams had conducted rescue operations till Thursday noon, but later it was stopped due to heavy rain. The water level has been rising, he added. Singh along with inspector and teams are monitoring the water level. The rescue operations would start once the water level recedes, he added.