Himachal tragedy: Search continues for missing students in Beas River

Rescuers on Tuesday made little headway in tracing 19 students of a Hyderabad-based engineering college and a tour guide who were washed away due to sudden discharge of water from the reservoir of Larji Hydropower Project.

Divers search for the engineering students who were washed away in the Beas river in Mandi. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

A team comprising 84 NDRF men and 10 divers carried out a search operation in turbulent Beas River from the accident spot Thalaut and Pandoh Dam, Jaideep Singh, Commanding Officer, NDRF said.

Divers search under water for the students who were washed away in the Beas river. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

Bodies of five students including three girls and a boy were recovered on Monday by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams.

The body of one of the engineering students who was swept away in the Beas river, is loaded on to an IAF chopper in Mandi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

A dozen boats, local divers and rafters also assisted the NDRF teams in the rescue operations.

A team of Army personnel launch search and rescue operation in Beas River. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

Relatives of the engineering students who were washed away in the Beas river in Mandi at the tragedy site. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

Families want that the search should be carried out deep.

One of the relatives of the engineering students with Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy, who were washed away in the Beas river in Mandi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

One of the relatives of the engineering students who were washed away in the Beas river in Mandi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

One of the relatives of the engineering students with Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy who was washed away in the Beas river in Mandi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

About 60 students and faculty members of the V.N.R. Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology in Hyderabad were on an excursion to Manali and 25 persons were washed away in flash floods following sudden release of water from reservoir of Larji hydropower project near Thalot on Sunday evening.

One of the relatives of the engineering students who were washed away in the Beas river in Mandi on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

Army personnel continue with search and rescue operation in Beas River. (Source: Express photo by Lalit Kumar)

Relatives and friends mourn next to a portrait of Gampala Aishwarya, one of the students who was swept away in a sudden dam release, during her funeral at her residence in Hyderabad.
The students from the southern city of Hyderabad had been taking photographs Sunday evening on the banks of the Himalayan river when they were hit by the rush of water from the Larji hydro power station. (Source: AP)

Aishwarya's mother and brother are seen crying during her funeral at her residence in Hyderabad. (Source: AP)

Relatives and family members mourn as they attend the last rites of Gampala Aishwarya, at her residence in Hyderabad. (Source: AP)

Aishwarya's mother weeps at their residence during her funeral in Hyderabad. (Source: AP)

The mother of Gampala Aishwarya weeps at their residence during her funeral in Hyderabad. (Source: AP)

Relatives and friends mourn as they attend the last rites of Gampala Aishwarya in Hyderabad. (Source: AP)