Man survives 2000-foot fall in Pavagadh valley

A 28-year-old man survived a 2000-foot fall from Pavagadh mountain and was rescued from the valley on Sunday,fire officials said.

Bharat Bhakti,along with his friends,had gone to Pavagadh for darshan of goddess Bhadrakali yesterday. After paying obeisance at the temple located on top of the mountain,he missed a step and fell into the valley, said a fire official.

After learning about the incident,the Vadodara Municipal Corporation formed a rescue team,comprising fire officials and mountaineers of an NGO,under senior fire official Bhargav Vyas.

Vyas said the bushes and thick grass in the valley could have saved Bharat.

A mobile phone in Bharats pocket helped the rescue team to trace him. He was lying in bushes and grass surrounded by stones. Bharat was pulled out from the valley around 3.30 pm on a stretcher tied with rope, he said.

Bharats father Hasmukhbhai said,Despite such a trauma,Bharat is in sound health except fracturing his hand.

Bharat is recuperating at a hospital in Halol town,sources said.

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