Local Muslims Along With NDRF Team Rescues Tamil Nadu Pilgrims (image-screengrab/twitter/ DeshGujarat)

In an overnight operation, Tamil Nadu pilgrims were rescued from a bus stranded on a flooded causeway in Bhavnagar district.

The pilgrims were heading towards Bhavnagar city after visiting Nishkalank Mahadev temple near village. The causeway on the river was completely submerged due to the heavy rain in the region. Despite the situation, the bus driver decided to cross the river, reports Business Standard.

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However, due to the strong force of the water, the front of the bus dipped into the river while the rear remained stuck on the causeway.

Local Muslims along with the NDRF team rescued the 29 pilgrims from the stranded bus. The local in the area reached the bus in a mini-truck and transferred all 27 pilgrims from the bus by breaking the rear window of the bus. Meanwhile, the mini-truck too got stranded on the causeway during the rescue operation. And hence, a larger truck was arranged to transfer these 29 people to it.

Gujarat: Local Muslims along with NDRF team rescued 29 pilgrims from stranded bus on flooded causeway in overnight operation of 8 hours in bhavnagar
The pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were on their way to Somnath after having darshan at Nishkalank Mahadev temple. During the operation,… pic.twitter.com/Phn4XorD3i

— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) September 28, 2024

The pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were traveling to Somnath after having a darshan at Nishkalank Mahadev temple.

Fact checker Muhammed Zubair slammed the national media for not revealing the details regarding the local Muslim rescuers while reporting the incident. He in his post on X wrote, “You’ll see a lot of news channels reporting about Pilgrims being rescued, You’ll hardly see them reporting on who the rescuers are. It’s important to report this as National TV Media and Godi Anchors are busy running non stop Anti-muslim propaganda.”

Meanwhile, he added that a local news channel News Navajivan had only attempted to interview the rescuers.

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“Thanks to the local news channel @NewsNavajivan for interviewing the rescuers.”

Zubair also shared a small clip of the byte of the rescuer narrating the operation to the media channel along with the post.