An Indian Air Force helicopter rescued 125 people trapped by severe flooding in Gujarat in western India on Monday.

Floodwaters had surrounded their village in Kutch District and cut off all escape routes.

They were forced to huddle together on the only dry land they could find on a section of the Naraa-Hajipur Road.

With foodwaters rising all the time, Gujarat State Emergency Operation Centre officials made a distress call to the Indian Air Force, which sent an Mi-17 V5 helicopter to rescue them.

The pilot deftly landed the chopper on the fragile road and took all the stranded villagers to safety.

One hundred and twenty-five people were stranded in a severe flood situation in Gujarat in western India on August 11.

Flood water surrounded their village in Bhuj taluk of Kutch district and cut off all escape routes.

As they huddled on the flood-ravaged Naraa-Hajipur Road, rising waters threatened to wash them away.

Gujarat State Emergency Operation Centre officials made a distress call to Indian Air Force, which sent an Mi-17 V5 helicopter launched to undertake the rescue mission.

The pilot deftly managed to land the chopper on the fragile road and evacuate all the stranded persons on time.