Civic chief wants more guards at ponds to check drownings

Navi Mumbai: Following the

drowning

of a 19-year-old boy in a Agroli holding pond on Thursday,

NMMC

municipal commissioner Dr N Ramaswami has asked the civic administration to increase vigilance at all

ponds

under its jurisidiction.

This is the third such incident this season. “I have asked the administration to fix more warning boards at all ponds with details about the depth of the water body. More security personnel’s will be deployed to ensure these ponds never stay unmanned,” the commissioner said. On the day of the Agroli tragedy, the guard at the pond had reportedly been assigned another duty.

Meanwhile, local Shiv Sena corporator Saroj Patil has held NMMC responsible for the death of the youngster. “The civic body claims to have deployed security personnel but I have never seen even one.”

The residents vented their anger against drowning incidents on social media.