Mussoorie, May 2 -- 'Five tourists were stranded in the air after the wire of the Mussoorie JhulaGhar Ropeway broke. They were rescued safely after an hour-long operation.'

The mock drill was organised to assess the safety of the ropeway in Mussoorie and to test the mutual coordination of the departments.

In this exercise, the rescue of five tourists trapped on the ropeway was practiced, in which teams of NDRF, SDRF, Police and Health Department participated. The mock drill demonstrated the situation of ropeway wire breakage, due to which some tourists were stranded. Officials said that all necessary preparations are complete for the rescue operation.

This exercise was done as per the guidelines issued by the National Disaster Manageme...