Two youths from Nipani drown in Kolhapur; body of one retrieved

KOLHAPUR: The body of one of two youths from Nipani town in Belagavi district, who drowned in the Dudhganga river basin at Kalammawadi dam in Kolhapur, has been retrieved, officials said on Tuesday.

The drowning incident took place on Monday morning. According to Krushna Sorate, Kolhapur Disaster Response Force (KDRF) in-charge, the body of one of the youths was recovered today. The deceased was identified as Paratik Patil. The official added that the search and rescue continue for the second missing youth.

#WATCH | Kolhapur, Maharashtra | Two youths from Nipani town drowned in the Dudhganga river basin at Kalammawadi dam yesterday. The body of one youth has been found, the other remains missing. Kolhapur
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The two youths were part of a group of friends from Nipani who were visiting Radhanagari Tehsil in Kolhapur district for monsoon tourism at the dam, the official said.

Meanwhile, in Pune, one of two children, who had gone missing after a family of five drowned in a waterfall close to Bhushi Dam in Pune’s Lonavala, was found dead, a senior district official said on Monday.

Three people whose bodies were recovered on Sunday have been identified as Shahista Ansari (36), Amima Ansari (13) and Umera Ansari (8). One child is still missing.

The incident occurred behind the Bhushi Dam under a waterfall in Lonavala on June 30. (ANI)