30 merrymakers rescued from island in Betwa river

Police rescued 30 picnickers trapped on an island in the Betwa river near the tourist town of Orchha in Madhya Pradesh Saturday morning.

Orchha Police Station in-charge Virendra Singh Chouhan said a group of 30 persons from the town had gone to the island for a picnic.

They got stranded there when the water level surged suddenly, he said.

Police rescued them by using a motorboat, he said.