Following the sad event on June 30, the bodies of two little girls and a 36-year-old lady were found by the rescue crews.
According to officials, the search for two missing children and three other family members who were washed away at a waterfall close to the Bhushi Dam in Pune’s Lonavala district began again on July 1.
Following the sad event on June 30, the bodies of two little girls and a 36-year-old lady were found by the rescue crews. Police said that searches were ongoing for the other two missing kids, Adnan Sabhahat Ansari, 4, and Mariya Aqil Ansari, 9.
Family members of Yunus Khan and Liyaqat Ansari from Hadapsar, Pune, organized a trip to Bhushi Dam for Sunday. A group of 17–18 family members arrived at the waterfall behind Bhushi Dam about 3:30 pm. Ten members of the family became stuck in the water streams and began to drown as a result of the abrupt rise in water levels caused by the continuous rain. But five of them made it out of the stream of water, while the other five vanished.
Given the seriousness of the situation, Vanya Jiv Rakshan Santha, Apada Mitra Maval, Shivdurg Mitra Mandal, local police, and fire brigade personnel hurried to the scene and launched a search operation. Three dead bodies had been found by authorities before the end of the day, and they were sent for the post.
Police advised visitors to exercise caution when visiting Bhushi Dam, Ghubad Talab, Tata Dam, Tungarli Dam, Rajmachi Point, Kunegaon, and Kurvande points following the start of the monsoon because the region experiences heavy to extremely heavy rainfall.
The police inspector of the Lonavla city police station, Suhas Jagtap, commented on the event, saying, “We have recovered three dead bodies and search of the other two will resume on Monday morning.”
Updates from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) show a notable rise in rainfall activity in the Pune district’s ghat areas. On Sunday, June 30, Lonavala had the maximum rainfall of 163 mm.
Pune Rural Superintendent of Police (Rural SP) Pankaj Deshmukh made the following statement regarding the rescue effort: “We have recovered the bodies of a 40-year-old woman and two girls.” Following the incident, a 4-year-old kid and a 9-year-old girl went missing. They appear to be a family who perished in the reservoir below after falling into a waterfall two kilometers from Bhushi Dam.
