Firefighters honoured for rescue works in Kanyakumari

KANYAKUMARI: Kanyakumari district administration honoured personnel from the fire and rescue services department who risked their lives to rescue people stranded in the floods and inundated areas when heavy downpour pounded the district last month. Information technology minister

T Mano Thangaraj

and district collector

M Arvind

on Sunday honoured them with certificates and mementos.

District fire officer for

Kanyakumari B Saravana Babu

said that 308 fire and rescue services personnel deployed for the rescue works during the rain evacuated and rescued 2,840 persons from inundated and flood hit areas.

They were rescued using 14 rubber boats and more than 200 lifebuoys. This includes 12 persons who would have died if they had not been rescued in a timely manner amidst risks, he added.