Aanvi Kamdar, a Mumbai-based travel influencer died after falling into a gorge while shooting an Instagram Reel. She was 27.
Aanvi was a chartered accountant by profession but her love for travel was at the top. She documented her travels on her Instagram handle @theglocaljournal. Her reel history showed that she had gone out to the famous Kumbhe waterfall in the Raigad district of Maharashtra on July 16. The new agency PTI reported that seven friends accompanied her to the location.
While shooting a video, Aanvi slipped and fell into a 300-foot gorge, a Mangaon police station official said.
Her friends called the locals after the incident and they quickly fell into action to save the girl.
Along with the rescue team, support came from the Coast Guard, Kolad rescue team, and Maharashtra State Electricity Board staff, reported NDTV.
“As soon as we reached the spot, we realised that the girl has fallen nearly 300-350 feet. Even after reaching her, it was difficult to get her up, as she was injured and it was raining heavily. So we decided to get her out using a vertical pulley,” a rescuer told NDTV.
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Another person involved in the rescue told Lokmat that large stones kept falling down the gorge, further complicating the rescue operation.
After a six-hour operation, Kamdar was pulled out of the gorge. However, she suffered serious injuries in the accident and succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
Her rescuers rushed her to nearby Mangaon taluka government hospital, where she died during treatment, said the Mangaon police station official.
This incident has made the authorities urge tourists to take extra caution while visiting waterfalls in the monsoon season.
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