On July 12, Gowhar Manzoor Gannie, 10, along with his two peers went for a bath to a nearby pond at Dever Lolab. The pond is an attraction among the locals, particularly children. Every year, as the mercury rises, the young men and the children of the nearby places throng the pond to beat the heat.
But on this unfortunate day, Gannie chose the wrong time to get into its waters. At around 10 am, he along with his friends went for a bath without informing his parents. As soon as they went into the waters, Gannie took a deeper dive and vanished. His other two friends raised the alarm but there was nobody around. They went rushing to a nearby shop and informed an adult person there. He rushed to the pond and pulled Gannie’s leg. But it was already too late. Gannie had already died.
“The news reached us and we rushed to the spot. We found him lying there with people encircling him,” Ajaz Ahmad, Gannie’s uncle, said. The family members rushed him to the hospital but he was declared dead on arrival.
Prior to this incident, there were many drowning cases in this pond. The locals claim that they have many times asked the authorities to fence the pond and to keep a boat there for the rescue mission if any untoward incident happens.
“These untoward incidents will continue to happen if the government does not intervene,” Ahmad said.
IN ANOTHER VILLAGE
The same day, in the same district, another minor boy drowned at Chindigam Kupwara died in similar circumstances. Mohammad Asif Khan, 14, went to take bath at a nearby irrigation pond after coming from school.
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