After all rescue agencies failed to fish out the vehicles that fell into Savitri River after the bridge collapse at Mahad, the government yesterday roped in specialist divers from a private company in Mumbai. Although the team of seven has had a couple of success stories in Savitri in the past year, this time, even they were beaten.

Experienced lot
The divers were called from Shri Sai Dragon Divers, a Mumbai-based firm that specialises in salvaging drowned ships. Everyone had hoped that the divers’ experience and equipment would help them to succeed where no one else had. Sources said that the rescue agencies were worried about crocodiles in the river and that is one of the reasons they called for the specialists.