THANE: A day later two lives had been lost because of drowning from Nilpaani pond in the Patonapada stretch of their center Yeoor jungletwo teens on a trip with friends drowned at exactly the identical pond on Monday morning.
Rescue officials said that the very first body had been fished out in 2.30pm, although the entire body of this next boy had been trapped deep inside, and it took almost seven hours to find and recover it.
The drownings on successive days raise queries about the apathy exhibited by the government at sealing the access points to those vulnerable regions regardless of the Thane collector lately devoting prohibitory orders.
Vartak Nagar authorities have decided to deploy employees in the place to discourage picnickers who slip in.
Times ViewThese awful drownings could have been prevented if the government had patrolled these harmful places.
On the other hand, the youths also have to be counselled regarding the perils of entering these vulnerable places.
Nearby colleges and elders from the village ought to take the initiative to disperse awareness.Assistant commissioner of authorities Pankaj Shirsat reported the teens was a part of a set of seven, all schoolchildren in Thane.
“The boys had been halted by villagers before this area, but they dismissed the warnings and hauled to the pond,” Shirsat stated.
Santosh Kadam, leader in regional crisis management mobile, said the teens were not able to assess the thickness and began drowning.
“Their buddies cried for aid and also tried to save themfailed,” Kadam stated.
“The place is at the center region of the jungle and you will find cellular network difficulties.
Rescue teams and authorities, such as Thane crisis relief force, needed to walk down to almost a kilometre to get to the stretch,” said an official.
An instance of unintentional deaths will be enrolled.
Even the 16-year-old son of a constable and a Rabodi resident had drowned in exactly the identical place on Sunday morning.