Uttarakhand Youth. 34 year old, Praveen Rangar. Rises to the occasion and plunges head first into helping the flood ravaged ‘God’s own country,’ Kerala.
Praveen brings with him experience and skill as this national kayaking coach and a guest instructor at various mountaineering institutes is amongst the best that Uttarakhand has to offer at this juncture. Praveen is no stranger to helping out as he has come to rescue time and again whenever, wherever tragedy struck.
In the year 2010 Praveen had led a team to Gulmarg for relief and rescue in which 26 army personnel had been swept away. In 2013 he headed his team aiding and assisting in those who were affected by the Kedarnath deluge.
Today, the young man spearheads a team of thirty qualified rafters and guides. Praveen has handpicked these men, all between the age group of twenty to thirty at the behest of All India Tour Operators, a recognized entity of the Tourism Ministry. The ATOAI have invited Praveen to aid and assist in rescue and relief work in flood affected, Kerala. Taking a quick break from his packing he tells Newspost about his latest expedition, “I just received this letter an hour back, I am preparing to take with me twenty rafts and ten kayaks and around thirty trained guides from all over India to help in relief and rescue.”
The team will leave for New Delhi by road tonight where Vaibhav Kala and Akshay Kumar will be co-ordinating with the team to fly them to Kerala on board an IAF aircraft early tomorrow morning
Adding further, Praveen tells us, “We will first see the situation there and if required, we will get more help from Uttarakhand. I have briefed the team we have to keep our safety first as we are rescuers and then act making sure that there is no further loss to human life.”
We wish this brave heart and his team all the best as they take charge of God’s Own Country.
