Udupi, April 25, 2017 : A thirty year old woman and her five year old son met a watery grave in a stone quarry pit at Perupade in Padu Alevoor on April 25, Tuesday.
The deceased are Neelamma and her son Hanumanthappa. The tragedy struck when Neelamma was washing clothes. It is believed that Neelamma jumped into the water to rescue her kid who had slipped into the water while playing.
Neelamma hailed from Aihole. She along with her husband Yamunappa and others lived in Udupi where they worked as labourers.
The bodies of the two were retrieved by local swimmers Munna, Nitesh and Ashok.
Manipal Police have registered a case.
Comments on this Article | |
Jayanthi Bhasker, Puttur | Tue, April-25-2017, 6:06 |
The locals residents have to protest against the owners of stone quarry . It is one the exiting problem in the outskirts DK and Uudpi. A tragic incident | |
Kareem Hasan, Ullal | Tue, April-25-2017, 6:03 |
How sad? Why do people take risk ....... | |
Anuradha Rai, Sullia | Tue, April-25-2017, 6:00 |
why don’t the owners fence the stone queries? So many have died due to accidental fall. Please take action on these people too. there are many in rural limits | |
Manjunath Aithal, Mangalore | Tue, April-25-2017, 5:51 |
Stone Querry are equally dangerous as the bore wells? So many have died recently. why are the police not acting on the owners of these area |