Yamakanmardi area (Hukkeri taluka) se ek bahut hi dukhad ghatna saamne aayi hai, jahan do school ke ladkon ki drowning se maut ho gayi. Yeh haadsa Hidkal reservoir ke backwaters me hua, jo Shri Brahmadev Temple ke paas, Halegudganatti gaon ke peeche sthit hai – Source
Sources ke mutabik, paas ke gaon ke paanch bachche apni cycle se wahan swimming karne gaye the, kyunki us din school band tha. Sabhi bachche Class 7 ke students the aur lagbhag subah 10 baje wahan pahunche.
Krishna Vitthal Khanapuri (14) aur Prajjwal Muttappa Gokar (14), jo Dudavi gaon ke rehne wale the, apne doston ke saath paani me utar gaye. Lekin jis jagah wo gaye the, wahan ka riverbed kaafi gehra tha. Dono bachche theek se swimming nahi jaante the, jis wajah se wo wapas kinare tak nahi aa paaye aur doob gaye.
Yeh ghatna bahut hi dukhad hai aur sabhi ke liye ek warning hai ki bina proper swimming knowledge aur safety ke kabhi bhi gehre paani me nahi jana chahiye.
