Two children from Ahmedabad school drowned in Harnav river during Polo forest picnic near Vijaynagar
March 06, 2012
Idar, 6 March, 2012
Two children of Ahmedabad based school drowned in Vijaynagar/ Polo forest’s Harnav river near Vanaj dam during a school tour to the jungle.
A group of school children had gone to Polo forest in Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat for picnic on 4th of March. According to sources, Keval Rameshbhai Patel (14) and Anmol Sureshbhai Thumar(12) were bathing in the river when they started drowning.
Other members of the group present at the spot shouted for help and teachers with them jumped into the water. The children were taken to Choriwad based public health center, but they were declared dead as they had deposited too much water in their body.
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