At least nine youngsters, including eight women, who were stranded at a waterfall on a hillock while trekking near Panvel in Maharashtra`s Raigad district amid rains were rescued on Thursday, an official said, reported the PTI.

The trekkers, all aged between 18 to 20 years, were members of a trekking group and had gone hiking at the hillock near Adai village on the Panvel-Matheran road when they got stuck at the waterfall in the morning, said Suresh Mengde, Chief Vigilance Officer of CIDCO, a planning agency of the state government, the news agency reported.