Toil of rescue workers and prayers of scores of people finally bore fruit as Ram Prasad, trapped under heavy stones atop 300-feet high Ranwahi hillock near here for 75 hours, was rescued by expert team requisitioned from Ahmedabad on Saturday evening. He has been admitted to Kanker District Hospital.
As soon as Ram Prasad was brought out of the pit by the rescue team members, faces of thousands of people present at the site for the last-three days brimmed with happiness. However, after coming out of the stones Ram Prasad was completely terrified and was not in a position to tell anything about his sufferings. Doctors accompanying rescue team advised to admit him in hospital and to give him complete rest.
Notably, after the news of Ram Prasad having been caught beneath a heavy stone atop the hillock was received, administrative officials local police, officials of forest department, jawans of BSF, Homeguards, Mining department officials, rescue team from Odisha equipped with heavy hydraulic jacks, large number of local people were camping above the Ranwahi hill in rescue him. Saturday morning special team of NDRF comprising rescue experts was requisitioned from Ahmedabad, which succeeded in bringing out him unharmed.
According to police, when Ram Prasad Netam (45) a resident of village Chinchgaon, who is a little bit mentally ill, did not return for two days, his relatives started search for him and somehow reached Ranwahi hillock. After hearing their voice, Ram Prasad, who was caught in a narrow pit beneath a heavy stone, called for help and then they started the rescue work.
After getting information administrative officials, jawans of Jungle Warfare College, police officials also reached the site. They requisitioned a rescue team from Odisha first and when they did not succeed, then team of NDRF rescue experts was called from Ahmedabad which finally brought Ram Prasad out after three hours of efforts.
To keep him alive, doctors were regularly giving liquid food to Ram Prasad whereas special powder was used to cut the heavy stones so than he did not get injured in the operation.