All 11 tourists who were stranded mid-air in a cable car due to a technical glitch at Parwanoo Timber Trail in Himachal Pradesh have been rescued on Monday, 20 June.
Another cable car trolley was deployed to rescue the stranded passengers. Visuals from the site showed the passengers being rescued using a rope.
"A total of 15 persons were stranded in two cable cars. Four people in the uphill trolly and 11 in the downhill trolly. NDRF team will reach the spot shortly, Airforce is on alert," Onkar Chand Sharma, Principal Secretary, Disaster Management, had earlier told news agency ANI.
The technical team of the Timber Trail operator was deployed and a police team was also monitoring the situation, Varinder Sharma SP, Solan said.
Old Women, Diabetic Patients Among Those Stranded
A passenger, who shot a video from the car earlier, recorded versions of the stranded persons as they expressed unwillingness to be rescued using ropes.
"I am a patient of sugar and have a kidney problem. They are saying they will help us climb down with ropes. We are not capable of doing that. We are older people," a male passenger stuck in the car said.
"I am a patient of sugar and blood pressure. I am very scared. I have a problem in my knees also. I can't climb down," a woman said.
CM Jairam Thakur En Route to Parwanoo
Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur took to Twitter to say that he was en route to the spot.
The incident comes just months after three people died in a similar incident that took place in Jharkhand's Trikut hills on 11 April.
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