Two washed away near check dam in Davanagere when making Instagram reels
Davanagere: Two youth drowned in the waters of the Harganahalli check dam of Davanagere district on Saturday, when they went near the dam to make Instagram reels.
Pavan, 25, and Prakash, 24, residents of the Harihara Ashraya Layout, are the victims of the accident, it is learned.
When the duo went near the check dam in Harihara in order to make the social media reels, Prakash fell into the water. Pavan tried to save his friend from drowning, but both of the youngsters washed away, sources said.
While one of the bodies was found near the Raghavendra Mutt, Harihara, staff members of the fire brigade and the Police Department are still hunting for traces of Prakash.
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Chhattisgarh: Two labourers injured in accident at smelting plant; many others feared trapped
Raipur, Jan 9: Two labourers were injured and many others feared trapped after a silo at a smelting plant collapsed in Chhattisgarh’s Mungeli district on Thursday, police said.
The incident occurred in the afternoon at the plant located in the Saragaon area of the district, Mungeli Superintendent of Police Bhojram Patel said.
As per preliminary information, the silo – an iron structure used to store bulk materials – crashed, trapping under it some workers present at the site, he said.
After being alerted, police reached the spot and a rescue operation was launched, the official said.
So far, two injured workers have been rescued and shifted to a hospital in Bilaspur, he said.
Many more workers are reported to be trapped under the collapsed structure and efforts are being made to pull them out, the official added.
