The Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation (MPSTDC) on Tuesday conducted mock drill of Bhopal’s boatmen and employees life saving test in the centre of upper lake.
The MPSTDC also claimed in a statement that keeping an eye over the security of tourists at all the boat clubs run by it the Corporation off and then provides life saving and first aid treatment training to boatmen and employees.
The statement further said that a mock drill test of the trained boatmen and employees is also taken and the exercise carried out today in the centre of the upper lake of the city was part of that test only.
Security of the tourists is the topmost priority of the Corporation and with an eye over it the boatmen and employees are trained and the mock drill of the trained employees is carried out every month.
Notably, the MPSTDC claim came after five youngsters drowned when their boat capsized while they were partying on it in lower lake of the city about over a week ago.
The five youths were killed when their boat capsized due to imbalance when one of its occupants started dancing on it on the night of March 20. The other five youngsters on the boat swam to safety.
At the time of incidence no one from the MPSTDC was available at the lower lake to help the youth drowning due to their boat’s sinking.
It was Bhopal Municipal Corporation’s firefighting and emergency services team having divers and other firefighters in it reached the spot and carried out the rescue operation.
But unfortunately it was too late and five of the youth who did not know swimming had already died.