There is a report of a 15-year-old youth drowning near the iron bridge in the Dhariwal Canal of Gurdaspur city. According to the information, the youth named Sagar from Kang village, who had come to bathe in the canal with his friends from home, drowned in the fast-flowing water. It is being said that it has been more than two days since the youth drowned.
When the family members came to know about this incident, they contacted the village sarpanch, member of the panchayat and other important people, as well as the police administration, on which the water of the canal was reduced. After the water receded, some youths from Rajiv Gandhi Colony near the canal, who are divers by profession, started searching for the youth who had drowned in the canal. Even after several hours of struggle, nothing could be found of the youth who drowned in the canal.
Family in shock
The elder sister of the young man said that information has left everyone devastated. The father is in shock with the news of the drowning of the young boy. The uncle appealed to the people that people should stop their children from bathing in the canal, as accidents can happen to anyone.
During the conversation, a young man named Manish, who works as a diver, said that they have searched a lot for this young man but nothing has been found about the young man. They feel that the young man has been swept away by the strong current of the water. The family members of the young man have requested that the social service organizations and the administration to help find this drowned young man.