This story is from August 23, 2020

Five swept away by currents in Gujarat's Dahod river

Five persons were swept away Anas river in spate near the Thuthi Kankasiya village in Jhalod taluka of Dahod district on Saturday
Five swept away by currents in Gujarat's Dahod river
Villagers present at the spot and the relatives of the victims vented ire on the delay in help reaching the place where the five were swept away by the strong currents of the river in spate
VADODARA: Five persons were swept away Anas river in spate near the Thuthi Kankasiya village in Jhalod taluka of Dahod district on Saturday. Four of these persons remained stranded for at least a couple of hours on a landmass in the river before they too were dragged away by the strong current even as a large crowd and officials watched helplessly.
Six persons had gone to the Anas river to immerse the ashes of relative who had died in the village.


They waded through water to reach an island-like place in the river on Saturday morning. When the group was present there, water started rising menacingly in the river and before they could call for help they found themselves stranded there.
Seeing the situation two men tried to swim back to the bank, but only one of them managed to reach there. Kadakiya Garasiya was swept away in the gushing waters and was later declared dead while Bharat Garasiya had a miraculous escape as he managed to reach the bank of the river.
Four persons remained stranded on the river. These included Bhimji Garasiya, Kalu Bhabhor, Valsing Damor and one unidentified person. The teams of fire brigade from Jhalod rushed to the spot but were not equipped to handle the situation.

Deputy superintendent of police Bhavesh Jadhav said that a team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was also called from Lunawada in neighbouring Mahisagar district. But before this team could reach the spot and help those stranded on the island, they were swept away by the swelling river.
Villagers present at the spot and the relatives of the victims of the tragedy vented ire and the delay in help reaching the place. They claimed that they were told that a helicopter would also come, but it did not happen.
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