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Telangana: 3 Persons Drown In Nagarjuna Sagar

The bodies of the deceased were pulled out by rescue workers late on Thursday.

Three persons drowned in Nagarjuna Sagar dam in Telangana's Nalgonda district when they went into it to take bath.The bodies of the deceased were pulled out by rescue workers late on Thursday.

They were identified as Nagaraju (39), Uppala Chandrakanth (26) and Vacahspati (25), all residents of Hyderabad.

The incident occurred in Peddapuram mandal of Nalgonda district on Thursday evening. The trio had come to the house of their relatives in Nagarjuna Sagar to attend a wedding. The next day they went to Nagarjuna Sagar project to make arrangements for the Upanayana ceremony of Nagaraju's son scheduled on Friday.

The youth were washed away when water was released from hydel power station. Their relatives, who were sitting on the banks, raised an alarm. Police with the help of local fishermen launched the rescue operation. After a four-hour long search operation, the bodies were traced and pulled out.

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Earlier, four youths drowned in Kotipalli irrigation project in Vikarabad district of Telangana, officials said. The incident occurred in Manneguda village of Pudur mandal.

The youths, all belonging to one family, had gone for swimming in the project while celebrating Sankranti.

The deceased were identified as Jagdish, Rakesh, Rajesh and Venkatesh. Police, with the help of swimmers, pulled out the bodies and shifted them for autopsy. Two of the four men had entered water and when they were drowning, the other two on the banks rushed to their rescue but they too drowned.

MLA M. Anand visited the district hospital and consoled the family of the deceased.

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(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)

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