Thursday, January 6 2005 10:15 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Car Nicobar: It may sound incredible but a person survived on a treetop for ten days without food or water in this Tsunami hit island.

The man, who is from Tamil Nadu and working in Car Nicobar, climbed a tree when the killer waves lashed the island on December 26.

He did not get down from the tree for ten days out of fear, Dr C B Sathaye, who treated him, said.

The doctor, who was a member of the 12-member medical team sent by Maharashtra Government to this island, said Defence personnel spotted him yesterday lying on the ground with severe dehydration.

''We injected fluid immediately and he was brought to Port Blair and admitted to naval hospital,'' he said.

When asked, the man, who did not suffer any other injury, said he fell as he could not hold on to the tree top any longer.

It was one of the rare cases when a person survived without any food or water for ten days in that condition, the doctor said.