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Stranded at Nana Matra village in Rajkot district that had been cut off from rest of the district due to floods, the helicopter was dispatched for airlifting both the women immediately after the message was received.
Wing Commander Mandeep Singh Dhillon, who was the commanding officer of 115 Helicopter Unit, Tezpur, had been part of a team that had already finished five rescue sorties amid extreme weather conditions.