Shahpur man missing after cyclone

Dharamsala, May 20

Pawan Chand Katoch, a resident of Garoh village in Shahpur area of Kangra district, has gone missing after Tautkae cyclone. His father Jagroop Chand Katoch has written to Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur seeking his help in tracing his son.

In his letter to the Chief Minister, Jagroop Katoch has stated that his son was serving as a diver with UWSL, Under Water Services Company, since 2009.

“We came to know on May 15 that Pawan and his co-workers were on duty at Manglore in Karnataka in the sea and during their work tug (boat) plunged into waters. We tried a number of times to get information from Paramjeet Singh Jasal, senior diving manager, as well as Ravi Sexsena, assistant vice-president of the company. They were not responding even after repeated communications,” Katoch said.

He said the family was unable to get any information about Pawan and he was not sure if the company was putting any efforts to trace them.

Kewal Singh Pathania, HPCC general secretary, in a letter to the Chief Minister urged him to help the family know about the whereabouts of Pawan.— TNS