National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Friday recovered the body of Harish, an engineering student who had drowned along with four others in a quarry pit in Bettahalasooru of Chikkajala on Thursday.
The bodies were cremated after the post-mortem.
Harish, Arun Chandra Shetty, Nanda Kumar, Rajesh and Kem Patai, along with three others, had gone for a swim in the quarry pit. Five of them ventured into the 80-foot deep pit. When one of them drowned, the others tried to rescue him, but also lost their lives.
Fence around quarry
Deputy Commissioner (Bangalore Urban) V. Shankar said that the administration proposes to fence the quarry at a cost of Rs 1.2 crore to prevent further incidents. The proposal has been sent to the Department of Commerce and Industries, Mr. Shankar said. “We have also instructed the jurisdictional police to keep an eye on those visiting the area to prevent any untoward incident,” he said.
