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8 Alandi Students Drown at Raigad's Diveagar Beach; CM Expresses Condolences
- •Eight students from Winners Academy, Alandi, Pune, drowned at Diveagar beach in Raigad during a trip.
- •A group of 42 students and 2 teachers had gone to Diveagar for the excursion.
- •Despite strong currents, some students entered the sea to play, leading to the tragic incident.
- •All deceased students were 16 years old, studying in eleventh grade, and residents of Alandi.
- •Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed deep sorrow and is in contact with the administration regarding the incident.
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A group of 42 students and 2 teachers from Winners Academy in Alandi visited Diveagar beach for a trip. While enjoying the frothy waves, some students misjudged the strong water current and depth, causing them to be pulled into deep water and tragically drown.
A total of eight students tragically lost their lives in the drowning incident at Diveagar beach. All of the deceased students were 16-year-old eleventh-grade students studying Chemistry at Winners Academy and were residents of Alandi.
Local residents and disaster management teams immediately launched rescue operations, successfully pulling all eight students out of the sea. Chief Minister Fadnavis expressed deep condolences and announced that the local administration was coordinating to transport the students' bodies back to Alandi.
