The Trekkers from Mahabaleshwar Trekkers and Sahyadri Trekkers groups have major contribution in the rescue operation in the recent bus tragedy. A bus carrying the staff of Dapoli Agricultural University collapsed in Ambanil valley near Poladpur. These Trekkers were successful in recovering all the dead bodies in the in just 26 hours. Putting their life in danger, the Trekkers went almost 800-foot-deep for this search operation. They pulled out 30 out of 33 bodies till Sunday evening.
Challenges in front of trekkers
With the help of ropeway, the Trekkers went deep in the valley and then sent the recovered bodies through a ropeway. Due to mud, slippery stone, it was an extremely difficult task for trekkers. As the place was full of mud and very slippery, it was difficult for them to keep their feet steady with their shoes. So, finally, the trekkers picked up the challenge of descending into the valley with open feet. Four Trekkers were injured in this. The relatives of the dead were accommodated in the Captain Vikramrao More Hall in the City of Poladpur. To avoid delaying the possession of the dead bodies to the relatives after the postmortem; the Police officers and the hospital staff were giving all the cooperation round the clock in Poladpur Rural Hospital.
Sahyadri Trekkers
For the last 25 years, Sahyadri Trekkers have trained new mountaineers. Every young Trekker takes this challenge to fight in any difficult situation. Their abilities are used at such a critical time. During the road accidents like Savitri river bridge collapse, Panhalgad accidents, the youth of Sahyadri trekkers participated in the rescue operation.
Mahabaleshwar Trekkers
For the last decade, Mahabaleshwar trekkers have trained the mountaineers. In three stages these Trekkers helped in this Poladpur bus accident. These Trekkers were contacted 11 o’clock in the morning on the day of the accident. The youth of Mahabaleshwar trekkers gathered in the moment and reached the spot.
Annapurna at the place of search
Trekkers had participated in large numbers since the morning. Sangita Pol, who is also a Trekker, took care of tea and breakfast for the trekkers participated in rescue operation. From 1995 onwards, Sangita is making her special contribution in this way to help the Trekkers in search operations.
The need for Four-dimensional road in Ambeneli Valley – Shailesh Palkar Poladpur
There is a need of four-dimensional road for the Ambeneli valley which has a historical identity from British-era. The Ambeneli valley was built by the British with only 37 thousand rupees is now under the possession of the Poludpur subdivision of Public Works Department. Every year the department spends millions of rupees for valley’s development but it always goes in vain as the accidents continues to take place. The place where the bus accident took place, there was a need for construction of sidewalk near the valley. The Public Works Department has urgently needed to pay attention to the threats arising due to the worst condition of these roads and accidents taking place frequently.
Praveen Darekar, Member of the Legislative Council
We are continuously following up with the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari the four-lane road for Polandrapur to Vai Shiroor road. In the first phase, it is expected to get four-lane road of 5 kilometers from Poladpur and 5 kilometers from Mahabaleshwar.
