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A radical of 4 friends who had gone trekking astatine Velimalai beyond Thuckalay endured a nightmarish acquisition arsenic they mislaid their mode wrong the wood portion descending to the base. However, they were rescued by the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) unit aft spending a nighttime successful the dense jungle.
Sources successful the constabulary and TNFRS said Jeba Viji, 25, of Kannanur Vilaagam adjacent Colachel, and his friends Praveen, 23, of Valiyavilai, John Giftson, 23, of Varthaanvilai, and Jackson, 23, of Saralvilai had gone trekking connected Wednesday. After reaching the basal of Mantherimalai beyond Velimalai, they parked their bikes, and started trekking on the rocky terrain.
After crossing astir 6 km connected foot, they reached an elevated country of Mantherimalai, from wherever they started returning to the base.
As dense rainfall lashed the country and acheronian enveloped the elevation overmuch early, they mislaid their way. With the downpour showing nary signs of relenting, the friends suspended their efforts to scope the base, and chose to walk the nighttime nether a stone braving the rain, chaotic animals, and poisonous reptiles successful the forest.
As the archetypal rays of sunlight broke done the adjacent morning, the much-relieved friends decided to resume their trek but 2 of them, who were soaked successful the overnight rain, were wholly exhausted. Moreover, nary could find the close way starring to the base.
After they narrated the ordeal implicit the telephone to their friends and relatives successful their villages, the panicked families alerted the constabulary and the Tuckalay Fire and Rescue Service station.
Led by Station Officer Kavimani, a six-member occurrence and rescue services squad trekked to the spot wherever the 4 friends were stranded and desperately waiting for the rescuers. “We were wholly caller to this exercise, and we person not been to this portion of the Western Ghats before. So, we had to question the assistance of the radical who person immoderate cognition astir the topography of this region, which houses a sizeable carnivore population. Since the rainfall continued to batter the full hill, we had to trek on the slippery path. After the stranded younker shared their determination connected the mobile phone, aft a batch of hardship, we reached the spot wherever they were stranded,” 1 of the rescuers said.
They were brought to the basal and handed implicit to their parents connected Thursday.
