The Banganga river, already swollen due to continuous rains in the past few days, seemed to have caught the youths unaware. Of the eight who went for the swim, only one was able to save himself.
Jaipur: Seven youths, all hailing from the same village in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, drowned on Sunday after they went to swim in an overflowing river and started making reels.
The tragic incident occurred in Srinagar village. The Banganga river, already swollen due to continuous rains in the past few days, seemed to have caught the youths unaware. Of the eight who went for the swim, only one was able to save himself.
The desert state has been receiving heavy rainfall in the last few days leading to inundation of low-lying areas and overflowing of rivers.
In another drowning incident on the same day, five youths were swept away in the overflowing Kanota dam in Jaipur. District police chief Mukesh Choudhary said at least six youths went to swim in the dam and they were swept away by strong currents. Only one of them could return to the shore safely. NDRF and civil defence teams were searching for the others.
On Saturday too, the state had witnessed incidents of drowning. In Jhunjhunu district’s Mehrana village, three youths lost their lives when they went for a swim in an overflowing pond on Saturday.