Two school boys drowned at Kinnerasani dam

Bhadrachalam, Dec 24: In a drastic incident, A picnic of a group of school children to Kinnerasani dam site turned tragic when two of them drowned in an irrigation tank near Kinnerasani reservoir in Palvancha mandal on Saturday.

The incident occurred when some 50 schoolchildren of a government school in Mulakalapalli mandal had gone to the dam site along with four teachers on a sightseeing visit.

The information reported that Class IV students Nikhil and Rajesh, aged nine years, went to take a bath while the others were making the rounds along the deer park.

The duo got trapped in the strong undercurrents and subsequently drowned, sources added. The police retrieved the bodies with the help of local youths.