Stranded revellers rescued from Kharghar hills, police and fire brigade continue to comb the area

The police said due to heavy rains, the water level of a stream behind the golf course increased due to which the tourists were stranded at the hills.

Around 116 revellers who had gone to Kharghar hills in Navi Mumbai city, have been rescued by Kharghar police and a team of fire brigade since Sunday evening. Of the 116, 78 were women and five children who were rescued. "After getting stranded on the hills, one of the revellers informed the control room following which we started the rescue operations," senior police inspector Shatrughan Mali from Kharghar police station said. The entry to the Kharghar hills and Pandavkada waterfall in Kharghar area were restricted since last month owing to the drowning incidents and other accidents that have happened in the past. However on Sunday the tourists managed to go to the hills at sector 5 in Kharghar unnoticed by the police.