With Kanwad Yatra at its peak the incidents of Kanwad pilgrims getting caught in the strong current of the Ganga are also on the rise. On Friday morning, two Kanwadias were rescued by the police from the river.
Haridwar police has posted divers and Apada Mitras on Ganga Ghats to prevent the incidents of drowning of Kanwad pilgrims. On Friday morning two young Kanwadias were saved by water police at different locations.
Water police personnel Praveen Kumar and Apada Mitra Ajay along with constable Kultar Kishan saved Vinod of Delhi.
In another incident 18 year old Sundar Pal from Baghpat in Haryana was saved by disaster management team headed by Dwarka Prasad.