Around 25 students from VNR college in Hyderabad have been swept away by a sudden surge of water in River Beas in Himachal Pradesh. A search is on for the missing students in the Kullu valley. A senior state government official, said: “The water was released by the Larji power project dam.” The students have been trapped by sudden rise in Beas River waters downstream of Largi Project at Talot Village on the border of Kullu and Mandi districts. The incident took place some 200km (125 miles) from the state capital, Shimla, as the students were travelling to the popular tourist resort of Manali. The students had reportedly left a bus to take photographs when the surge occurred. Himachal Transport ...

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