Search and Rescue Operation

After Sri Shihab, a 30-year-old fisherman went missing off Urupunya Kavu beach on July 12, a search and rescue operation has been initiated by the Indian Coast Guard. Reportedly, due to inclement weather, three fishermen who ventured into the sea went missing. While two of them were rescued, one is still missing. Reportedly, the rescue operation is being carried out by ICG helicopter.

To update its training modules, the Indo Tibetian Border Police (ITBP) on October 29 introduced a ''modern search and rescue operation''. The introduction of the module will help ITBP jawans to handle different situations from Ladakh to Arunachal. "The purpose of modern rescue training is to make our troops able to take minimum time during rescue operations in any incident," said I.S Duhan, ITBP Inspector General.  

Inspired by 'Vocal for Local' campaign, National Disaster Response Force's (NDRF) dog squad is training 'stray dogs' for search-and-rescue operations. For first, four desi dogs, including two puppies, are adopted by NDRF’s 8th battalion from its Ghaziabad campus. Currently, NDRF uses well-trained German Shepherds and Labradors for the operations. Stray dogs' trainer Sandip mentioned that while they are agile and require less care, it… read-more