Labourer drowns to death while extracting sand in Pulwama

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Sand diggers extract sand from river Jhelum at Padgampora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Sand diggers extract sand from river Jhelum at Padgampora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. (Photo Credit: Younis Khaliq)

SRINAGAR — A 24-year-old labourer drowned while extracting sand from river Jhelum in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday morning.

An official said that a group of men were extracting sand from the banks of river Jhelum at Kakapora area in Pulwama today morning. He said that however, a labourer, identified as Manzoor Ahmad son of Mushtaq Ahmed, a resident of Hayatpora, slipped and fell into the river.

He said that after receiving the information, search operation was launched to trace out his body.

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