A woman who fell into the Hussainsagar surplus drain early on Friday evening, spent the night in the murky water, her life hanging by a thread. She was rescued by the Disaster Response Force personnel under the Hyderabad Disaster Response & Asset Protection Agency the next day.
The woman, named Indira, is a resident of Bhagyanagar Colony of Golnaka. She was reported missing on Friday night, at around 8 p.m., and her whereabouts were not known the whole night.
On Saturday morning, after 10 a.m., passers by heard feeble cries for help and noticed the woman who was hanging to a branch 15 feet down in the drain. They immediately called HYDRAA’s helpline and sought help.
“As soon as we got the complaint, we rushed to the spot and assessed the situation. We also informed the Fire Services department, and got their help,” P. Swamy, in-charge of rescue operations in HYDRAA informed.
After falling into the drain, the woman was drawn by the current for some distance before she caught hold of a tree branch. She held on to the branch the whole night, and her calls for help were not heard by anybody as the location was very steep and covered by vegetation.
