Army rescues trekker trapped on hill cleft in Kerala

Visuals on news channels showed the youth being helped up the mountain by Army personnel, who are part of the specialised teams which arrived here last night from Bengaluru, by strapping him to one of the rescuers.

Rescue teams of the Army have been able to rescue a trekker, Babu, trapped in a cleft of a mountain face in Malampuzha area of Palakkad district in Kerala for nearly two days. Rescue teams of the Army first gave, the trapped trekker food and water and then hauled him to safety.

the youth was hauled up to safety by 10.08 am by the Army personnel, who successfully completed the massive rescue effort, perhaps the first of its kind in the state 

Also involved in the rescue efforts were local bodies, NDRF, Coast Guard with the Air Force also standing by.

Babu was trapped in a recess on the mountain face, between rocks, in the scorching heat without water or food since Monday.

According to locals, the youth, along with two others had on Monday decided to climb to the top of Cherad hill there, but the other two abandoned their effort halfway.

However, Babu continued to climb to the top, and after reaching there, slipped and fell and got trapped between rocks on the mountain face.

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