Seven tourists were rescued on Thursday from a sinking houseboat in Dal Lake here by the owner of the houseboat.
A houseboat called ‘Kolahoi’ started sinking this morning after incessant rains in the Valley during the last four days.
Reports said after the owner of the houseboat, Muhammad Yusuf, noticed that the houseboat was sinking, he and his family members quickly evacuated the seven tourists without caring for their own safety.
He said that he along with other family members first evacuated the tourists as house boat was slowly sinking and somehow they managed to take them to safer place. “After taking tourists to safer place, we evacuated other family members.”