Four children drown in Periya Eri in Chromepet
Four children drowned in the Periya Eri lake in Chromepet, Chennai, after going for a swim without informing their parents. Local police and rescue services recovered the bodies on Sunday following a missing persons report.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the ongoing safety risks associated with unsupervised water bodies in urban areas and the importance of child safety awareness.
Four children, including two girls, drowned in the Periya Eri in Chromepet on Sunday.
A senior official of the Tambaram Police Commissionerate said the four children — Yuvanesh, 10, Pooja, 13, Khushi, 13, and Devadharshan, 12, — residents of Lakshmipuram of Chromepet had gone for swimming on Saturday evening in the Periya Eri, located on Thiruneermalai Main Road.
The children did not inform their parents. The parents, Kirubakaran, father of Devardarshan, and Dhayalan, father of Yuvanesh, filed a missing complaint in the Chromepet police station as they could not find them.
The Chromepet police were alerted by the residents around Periya Eri that four dead bodies were floating in the lake on Sunday.
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