Tourist rescued after falling down Sri Pada precipice

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By Ranjith Rajapakshe

Ratnapura, March 29 (Daily Mirror)- An Indian tourist who fell down a more than 100 metre precipice at the Ehela Kanuwa, Ratnapura-Sri Pada route in the early hours of this morning was rescued by a team from the Maskeliya Police Special Task Force (STF) camp.

Police said the tourist Bharath Chandradas (25) from Mumbai Maharastra had been trekking to Sri Pada along the Ratnapura route with several others when he fell off the protective fence down the precipice at about 5.00 am today.

On information from the Udamaluwa police post, the STF rushed to the scene and rescued the tourist and provided first aid.

Later, he was carried to Nallathanniya and from there admitted to hospital.

PC 76216 Pathmasiri, PC 99695 Prathish and PC 102687 Ajith of the STF carried out the rescue operation.

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Comments - 11

Ram Friday, 29 March 2024 03:28 PM

Lucky man thanks to emergency services

Joshua Friday, 29 March 2024 03:40 PM

Well done STF.

Rohan Friday, 29 March 2024 04:46 PM

Well done guys. Thanks for the heroic rescue efforts.

KEEP AWAY FROM PROTECTIVE FENCE Friday, 29 March 2024 05:00 PM

What a MIRACLE. can the authorities please put up a few boards on the way up and also along the fence, asking visitors to KEEP AWAY FROM PROTECTIVE FENCE.

Suhada malli Friday, 29 March 2024 05:58 PM

Thank You Daily Mirror and Police for publishing positive stories of this nature about the good work our police including STF does for the nation. Due to divisive politics coming from the British days we sri Lankans get an overload of negative news in our media. subjects such as corruptions happens even in very developed countries such as Canada and USA. Difference is they deal with it with a lot of shame and don't make it an over rated achievement.

Think about it Friday, 29 March 2024 07:43 PM

If similar event has happened to a Sri Lankan in India, Indian rescue team would never have rushed to help the Sri Lankan. They wold have come after 24 hours to collect the Sri Lankan, dead or alive.

Practice Loving Kindness if No Evidence Saturday, 30 March 2024 06:17 AM

Unnecessarily instigating trouble here! Please share an incident where they took that long to rescue someone. If not, just practice loving kindness in your spare time instead of making this world a more hatred place.

The scale of Corruption Saturday, 30 March 2024 06:26 AM

@ Suhada malli. Yes, all countries have some kind of corruption. However the scale of it can’t beat SL. Remember, these guys owe over US$50 Billion in loans over the years and still seek new loans by the month. In every project they do, either corruption or mismanagement of money is the norm. There are sooo many more cases not mentioned as it’s hard to find evidence. Either you are one of them or from the elite crowd who is not feeling the misery of the average person in SL is going through now because of years of corruption and mismanagement.

nihal jayaweera Saturday, 30 March 2024 08:37 AM

As usual this guy would have tried some stunts ........ to showoff, if not never heard of this type of falls by any Sri Lankan ... nj

Seqi Saturday, 30 March 2024 09:42 AM

Think about it.... in your dreams, nasty little bugger.

wsw Saturday, 30 March 2024 11:47 AM

Well done STF, we are always proud of our special forces whether in combat or rescue.

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