2 girls suspected to have drowned, 7 rescued from Pune’s Khadakwasla dam

The rescued girls were rushed to Khanapur Public Health Centre (PHC), officials said. Their condition is reportedly stable.

Ghore Khurd in Khadakwasla reservoir where two girls died after drowning on Monday morning. (Express Photo by Arul Horizon)

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2 girls suspected to have drowned, 7 rescued from Pune’s Khadakwasla dam

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Written by Navya Naveli

Two girls are suspected to have drowned while seven others were rescued from Pune’s Khadakwasla dam Monday morning, police said. An extensive search and rescue operation has been launched to locate the missing girls, said a fire brigade official.

The rescued girls were rushed to Khanapur Public Health Centre (PHC), officials said. Their condition is reportedly stable.

Relatives of the girls at the spot. (Express photo by Arul Horizon)

According to initial information shared by the police, the group of about nine girls arrived in Gorhe Budruk village to attend a wedding. The pandal where the ceremony was scheduled to happen is located near the dam.

The police believe the girls began to play in the dam’s water around 9 am. When some of them began to drown, local residents rushed to help and managed to rescue seven of them.