Kundapur: Two students drown in pond

DHNS

• This is 5th such incident in Kundapur

 

Kundapur, 29 Jul 2012: In a tragic incident, two students drowed in a percolation pond, at Kaikana in Vandse village of Kollur police station limits on Sunday afternoon.

 

According to police, the deceased have been identified as Abhijith (17), son of Narasimha Nayak and Ananth (18), son of Gopal Poojary.

 

The incident occurred while they were returning home after purchasing books at Noojadi.

 

They had got into the pond to wash their feet and Abhijeeth accidentally slipped and fell into water. When Ananth tried to save Abhijith, he too slipped and fell into water.

 

This is the fifth drowning incident in Kundapur taluk since monsoon and as many as eight lives have been lost.

 

The pond is nearly five to six feet away from Noojadi-Vandse road. It is 250 metre long and 100 metre wide. It was rejuvenated last year, at an estimated cost of Rs five lakh.

 

The pond is 10 to 12 feet deep. The pond gets filled during monsoon. Abhijith was a first PUC student and Ananth was studying a computer course in a centre. The duo hail from a poor family. Ananth was pursuing computer science course after the PUC.

 

As the news of drowning began to spread, the villagers rushed to the spot and staged a protest against the authorities. They urged the government to distribute a compensation to the poor families. Assistant Commissioner Sadashiv Prabhu who rushed to the spot said that a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh would be paid to the family of the deceased.

 

The Assistant Commissioner  also directed the enegineer to lay a protection wall around the tank. A case has been registered.