Vadodara: Six persons were rescued from the Panam river near Kanjeta village in Dhanpur taluka of Dahod district on Friday morning. The six included three workers who were removing sand from the river. The incident took place when five workers and a tractor driver were removing sand from the river.
Due to heavy rain in the catchment area, the water level in the river started rising at an alarming rate. Also, the current was strong, leaving the workers stranded in the river. There was a mound in the river on which the six took shelter.
The person who was driving the tractor left the river with the vehicle even as two workers managed to swim to safety. This left three workers stranded on the mound. Meanwhile, three persons reached the site on hearing about the incident and they swam up to the mound.
But they were not able to get the three workers out of the river. Soon, fire brigades of nearby towns were informed about the incident by the Dahod disaster control room. The Devgadh Baria municipality fire department was the first to respond.
In-charge sub fire officer Mayur Chauhan said that they were able to reach some distance inside the river safely with the help of a rope. “However, the current was very strong in a stretch of around 20 feet and the water was also deep,” he said. The firemen then threw a rope as well as life jackets towards the six persons stranded on the mound.
When the six managed to reach the firemen holding the rope, they were brought out of the river. Besides teams of fire brigades from Devgadh Baria and Dahod, police personnel as well as officials of the district administration rushed to the spot. We also published the following articles recently Agra: Three drown in Yamuna river in separate incidents Three young individuals tragically drowned in separate incidents in the Yamuna river in Agra over the past 24 hours.
Eighteen-year-old Aman Singh lost his life during a visit to celebrate Raksha Bandhan, while brothers Aryan and Vansh Kushwah, aged 14 and 16, drowned a day earlier during a family outing. 3 teens drown in swollen river in Vidisha dist In Vidisha district, three teenagers tragically drowned while bathing in the Kewtan river, which was swollen due to the monsoon. The incident occurred in Maholi village, Basoda tehsil.
The victims, identified as Rishi Singh, Krishna Singh, and Uttam Singh, were swept away by the river. Rescue teams found their bodies hours later. Authorities have initiated an investigation.
3 teens drown in swollen river in Vidisha dist Three teenagers from Maholi village in Vidisha district drowned while bathing in the swollen Kewtan river. The incident occurred due to monsoon conditions. Administrative and rescue teams found the bodies later in the afternoon.
The victims were identified as Rishi Singh, 14, Krishna Singh, 15, and Uttam Singh, 15. The search operations were conducted promptly..
