GSDMA refuses chopper service to trace body

As the family could not locate the body for more than two days,they approached the local administration

to provide with the rescue machinery to fish out the body.

While the Fire Service Department of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation does not have a motor boat which can move in shallow waters,the family’s demand for a chopper was turned down by local GSDMA

officials.

They said “fishing out a body could neither be considered as rescue operation nor it is an emergency”.

The administration,however,has promised other support to the family.

“We have assured the family that we would give all the possible help in finding the body. Helicopter services are not provided in such incidents because,technically,it’s neither a rescue operation nor an emergency,” said Vadodara District Collector Vinod Rao.

An official from L&T said,“We tried out best to get the air services so that we can locate the body without wasting time. But we were told that such services are not available in Gujarat.”