A Spontaneous response and exemplary courage by a traffic cop and a traffic warden saved the life of a 72-year-old woman who accidentally fell into the Ulhas river on Sunday. The men in uniform risked their lives to save the woman who had fallen into the river near Gandhari Bridge at Kalyan.

The woman has been identified as Sunanda Borse, a resident of the Ritu Riverview Classic building at Gandhari in Kalyan West. It is said that she had come to the river to immerse discarded floral offerings. "People who noticed the woman warned her that the river was in spate. But without paying any heed, she went near the river to throw the floral offerings and fell down in the river," said a local resident.