Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, June 03: A picnic turned tragic after two youths of 18 year old drowned off the coast of Collinpur this afternoon.
According to the reports, a group of 14 youths went on a picnic to the beach.
As per sources, all the 14 youths were playing with a ball at the sea but suddenly due to high tide four youths went inside the water, however with the efforts of the other youths, two were brought out of the sea water, but the other two namely Satyanarayan Naidu, S/o Late Tata Rao, R/o Anarkali and Ramesh Kumar also a resident of Anarkali couldn’t be saved.
As per sources, the body of one youth has been recovered and presently the body is at G B Pant Hospital for Post-mortem.
This incident has once again raised a serious question that when all the beaches in Andaman and Nicobar Islands will get life guards and all safety equipments for the safety of general public.
The former pradhan of Tushnabad, Mr. Mohan Halder today alleged that he had demanded for life guards at Collinpur and Khurmadera beach several years back. He said that he had also put a demand in this regard in LG Helpdesk but life guards were never sent to these beaches. “The excuse was Buffer Zone. If Buffer Zone is the problem then stop all tourists from visiting the beach. As no lifeguards were given this accident took place today,” said Mr. Mohan Halder.
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