Lost During Ganga Sagar Mela: Ham Radio Operators Help Unite Bihar Family:

eHam.net News — Ganga Sagar Mela, also known as Ganga Sagar Yatra or Ganga Snan, is the annual gathering of pilgrims to take a dip in the Ganga, where the river merges with the Bay of Bengal at Makar Sankranti in Sagar Island. His family, long since assuming he was “lost” at the Ganga Sagar Mela, had returned to their native Hazipur in Bihar. The district administration and police turned to amateur radio operators for help. This year, the amateur radio operators have helped us tremendously,” said an official. When we got to know about the case, we sent out messages to different parts of the country — to the network of amateur radio operators.

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