Indian Army Tps ex Chennai Garrison Bn under DB Area were requisitioned by the DC Puducherry in the early hours of the morning of 01 Dec at around 0100hr. A HADR coln comprising 01 Offr, 06 JCOs and 62 ORs was pressed into action imdtly and marched from Chennai for Puducherry at 0200hrs covering a distance of 160kms overnight. On arrival in Puducherry at around 0530hrs, Maj Ajay Sangwan, the Coln Cdr was briefed on the prevailing sit. The Coln was earmarked to rescue stranded civilians from approx 500 houses in the Krishnanagar region of Puducherry where water levels reached approx 5ft of water in some localities. Rescue wk started wef 0615hrs and presently 100 pers have been rescued in the last two hours.
