PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ Uttarkashi
Braving the raging Bhagirathi, a rescue team from the Fire department of Uttarkashi rescued a dog stranded long in an area tucked between two streams of the same river in the Kedarghat area of the district. The current was so strong that the dog, though looking desperate to swim back, could not gather the required pluck. The locals noticed the dog’s plight. The dog looking so frightened and forlorn moved them into beseeching the Fire department to send a rescue team to save the canine in no time.
The team of the department arrived on the spot and started its operation. It involved risk as the spot is deemed dangerous, given the treacherous eddies. Besides, the daylight was fading fast. Armed with ropes and life jackets, they cautiously embarked on the rescue duty with the stranded dog looking at them pitiably. It took them about half an hour to take the dog out of the island.
The locals looked elated. “This will endear the Fire staff to us all the more. We admire their courage and caution in accomplishing the mission,” said a local emotionally.
