After putting in strenuous efforts, locals retrieved thebody of drowned teenager from Nallah Madumati in Kaloosa area of northKashmir’s Bandipora district around midnight.
An official said that the body of Danish Manzoor Wani son ofManzoor Ahmad Wani was retrieved by two local men when they went inside thegushing waters of Nallah Madumati at midnight.
He said that though police and local administration hadroped in Marcos commandos of Navy but they couldn’t help as the water wasflowing at a high speed.
“They wanted to call off the rescue operation at midnightafter failing to spot the teenager’s body and said that they would go into thewater at the first light of the day as it would be risky at midnight. However,locals went ahead of their own with the help of fire and emergency department,”he said.
Water through nallah flows from Kishenganga river from Gurezfor 330 Megawatt Kishen Ganga Hydro Electric Power Project (KGHEP) and theadministration had snapped the water supply from the turbine of the project atKralpora.
The official said that police, local administration and armyhad also decided to call off the rescue operation for the night as navycommandos couldn’t go inside.
He said that two local men Javid Ahmad Dar and Abdul Hameedwent inside gushing waters and retrieved the body.
When the body was retrieved, the locals refused to hand overthe body to the police and local administration, alleging them of “doingnothing.”
Javid Ahmad Dar had in the past also saved lives of severalpersons after rescuing them from flood waters.
In 1992, he rescued two women from Nallah Madumati nearNathpora village when floods had hit the area.
During the September 2014 floods, he had rescued fourpersons from Bemina area of Srinagar as well.