If you remember its exactly 1 year passed we came through a very tragedic himachal Pradesh Beas River incident. Its so pathetic that the student who are in enjoyment mood suddenly death has come so close to meet them. At least 24 students from Hyderabad, including six girls were reported missing after strong currents in the mighty Beas river washed them away. The accident spot is located some 200 km from state capital Shimla and on the border of Kullu and Mandi districts.

The river was suddenly in spate after the release of water from a nearby hydropower project, authorities said. A rescue operation was carried out where five bodies of students were found in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district while the fate of 19 others is not known, an official said. The incident occurred around 7 p.m.

More than 60 students and faculty members from V.N.R. Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology were on an excursion to the picturesque tourist resort of Manali. Some of them were getting themselves photographed on the banks of the river in Thalaut area near the Hanogi Mata temple when they were washed away as the flow in the river suddenly increased, Deputy Commissioner Devesh Kumar told IANS.The water level suddenly increased due to release of water in the river without warning from a nearby hydropower project. “The water was released by the Larji power project dam,” AFP quoted senior state official Rakesh Kanwar.