Man survives 2000-ft fall in Pavagadh

A 28-year-old man survived a 2,000-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 on Saturday. 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. The Vadodara Municipal Corporation formed a rescue team,comprising fire officials and mountaineers of an NGO,under senior fire official Bhargav Vyas.

According to Vyas,the bushes and thick grass in the valley could have saved Bharat,who is recuperating at a hospital in Halol.