Exclusive: Himachal Tragedy,Hyderabad 24 Engineering Students swept away in Beas River

On an trip to Himachal Pradesh, 24 students from Hyderabad washed away by the Beas on Sunday after a hydropower plant allegedly discharged water into the river without any warning.

On Monday, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani reached the accident spot in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district where 24 visiting students of a Hyderabad engineering college were washed away in the Beas River. On landing at the Bhuntar airport near Kullu, Irani assured all possible assistance to the state from the centre in the rescue operation.