TEAM HERALD
PONDA: A 19-year-old boy from Gavalwada-Nirankal, Ponda, drowned in the Shinewal Bhandara along the Opa River at Kodar-Ponda on Tuesday.
According to Ponda Police, Akshay Satarkar and his three friends had gone to bathe in the bhandara along the Opa River on Monday evening, when Satarkar went missing in the bhandara.
Akshay’s family members started a search for him, when a relative noticed Akshay’s clothes and footwear by the riverside.
The relative alerted the police and locals found the body of Akshay floating in the bhandara. The body was fished out and Ponda Police is investigating into the case.
The bhandara along the Opa River had been constructed to provide continuous flow of water to the Opa treatment plant.
