Kochi: A youth drowned within the sea off the newly fashioned seaside close to Chellanam harbour on Sunday. That is the fourth incident of drowning up to now eight days on the seashores within the district.
Because the drowning incidents occurred on weekends, the presence of police on the seashores was beefed up however in Chellanam, the place the youth drowned, there have been no police or lifeguards. The younger man who died on Sunday has been recognized as Ashish, who alongside along with his mates, had gone to the seaside fashioned close to the seawall. “They ventured into the ocean for bathing between 5pm-5.30pm. He went lacking. Later, his physique was retrieved,” stated a police officer with Kannamaly station.
Within the wake of recurring drowning incidents on the seashores of Ernakulam, the tourism division will once more strategy the state authorities with a proposal to submit 30 lifeguards within the district. The division had positioned an analogous proposal final yr, but it surely was rejected by the finance division which didn’t wish to create extra posts citing monetary disaster.
“We’ll once more put ahead the proposal mentioning the current drowning incidents. Of the 24 lifeguards at present posted, solely 12 can be found in a single shift on the three seashores. The district tourism promotion council is at present putting in warning boards at numerous locations to discourage guests from venturing into the ocean,” stated a tourism division official.
As many as 15 extra warning boards have been put up within the final two days at numerous factors on the seashores in Vypeen. “In addition to the boards put in by us, native our bodies may even erect boards on the seashores of their limits,” stated a DTPC official.