Mumbai: 19-year-old drowns in Kurla's Sheetal Talao, declared dead at hospital

A 19yearold man died after drowning in Sheetal Talao near LBS Road in Mumbais Kurla West on Friday civic officials saidThe incident was reported to authorities at around 1149 am following which multiple agencies including the Mumbai Fire Brigade MFB police 108 ambulance service NDRF and BMC ward staff were mobilised for a rescue operationAccording to officials the victim identified as Aditya Dilip Tayade 19 was pulled out of the lake by Mumbai Fire Brigade personnel and rushed to Rajawadi Hospital for treatmentHowever doctors at the hospital declared him brought dead officials saidThe circumstances leading to the drowning are being investigatedPalghar teen drowns another missing after being swept away at Arnala beachIn a separate similar incident a 17yearold boy drowned while another remains missing after the two were swept away by strong sea currents at Arnala beach in Maharashtras Palghar districtRescue teams continued search operations on Friday but rough weather high tides and strong waves hampered efforts to trace the missing teenagerThe incident occurred on Thursday at Arnala beach in Virar on the outskirts of Mumbai when four teenagers entered the sea for a swim despite rough conditionsFour teenagers swept into deep waters by strong currentsAccording to officials the four minors ventured into the sea when they were pulled into deeper waters by powerful currents Lifeguards stationed at the beach immediately launched a rescue operation and managed to bring two of the boys safely back to shoreHowever the remaining two teenagers were swept away by the strong current prompting an extensive search operation involving multiple agenciesAuthorities said the incident took place despite warnings about hazardous sea conditions during the ongoing monsoon seasonOfficials confirmed that the body of 17yearold Ayaan Zakir Hussain was recovered on Friday morningThe second missing teenager identified as 17yearold Shoaib had not been traced at the time of filing this reportVivekanand Kadam chief of the Palghar disaster management cell said teams from the revenue department police and local lifeguards are continuing the search operationHe added that adverse weather conditions including high tides and massive waves have significantly affected rescue effortsThe search mission will be intensified as soon as the sea conditions improve the official said