Date:04/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/04/stories/2008080450780300.htm

Tamil Nadu

One drowns, two missing in River Cauvery

Special Correspondent

METTUR: One person drowned and two others were found missing when they went to bathe in River Cauvery near here on Saturday.Police said that Sakthivel (22) of Taramangalam went to the river to take bathe in view of the ‘Adi Perukku’ festival. But unexpectedly he drowned and died. Similarly two others who went to take bath in the river near Thermal Power Station were said to be missing. A search for them is going on. In another incident a body of an 11-year-old boy from Mamangam in Salem city was found in a pond on Saturday. Dinesh and his friends reportedly went to Vellakkal tank and took bath. While his friends returned to shore he did not. His body was retrieved only in the night. Sooramangalam police are investigating.