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Visakhapatnam, Nov 23 (IANS) Six people drowned in two separate incidents in northern Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
In the first incident, three boys drowned in the Jhanjhavati rubber dam in Andhra Pradesh’s Parvatipuram Manyam district on Sunday.
The accident occurred when the boys were bathing in the dam built on Jhanjhavati river in Komarda mandal. Sharat, Govind Naidu and Pradeep, residents of Sivini village in the same district, had gone to the dam with their relatives.
According to eyewitnesses, a boy was drowning while taking bath. Two other people tried to save him but all three were swept away.
On receiving the information, the police reached the dam and started the search with the help of expert swimmers. Meanwhile, in another incident, one person died and two others went missing after a boat capsized in Raiwada reservoir in Alluri Seetharamaraju district.
The incident occurred at the reservoir near Jinapadu in Ananthagiri mandal. Police have recovered one body with the help of expert swimmers while the search for two others is on. The deceased was identified as Jinapadu Jeevan. According to the police, the accident occurred when the victims were returning to the dam in a country boat.
Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister K. Atchennaidu spoke to officials about the incident at Jhanjhavathi Rubber Dam. The officials told them that the boys who drowned in the dam were from Sivini village of Komrada mandal.
The minister directed the officials to intensify the search operation. He also asked officials to display warning boards at the dam to prevent people from entering the water. Atchennaidu said the measure was necessary to prevent such tragedies in the future.
Last Sunday (November 16), five people drowned in three separate incidents in Andhra Pradesh. Two children, aged 8 and 9, drowned while playing in a tank in Pandhigunta in Srikakulam district. In another incident, a 16-year-old student drowned in a tank in Rushikudda in the same district.
Two people lost their lives while swimming at an irrigation project in Tirupati.
–IANS
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