Nine students from an educational institution in Belagavi, who lost way while trekking in the Kanakumbi forest, were rescued after a joint operation by forest officials of Goa and Karnataka that lasted over eight hours, on December 30.
According to sources, the students had gone on motorcycles to Javani waterfalls in the dense forest adjacent to Parwad village on the Karnataka–Goa border on December 29 afternoon. The students had travelled on their motorcycles three kilometres inside to the forest. Subsequently, they had parked their motorcycles under a tree before proceeding on foot. While coming back, they lost their way.
They messaged their college friends the same night seeking help and informed them about losing their way in the forest. Their friends alerted forest officials.
