Shimla, Aug. 27 -- The bodies of two students who drowned while bathing in the Pabbar river in Rohru subdivision have been recovered through the joint efforts of locals, the NDRF, the police, and the administration on Wednesday.

Sub-divisional magistrate (Civil) Rohru, Dharmesh Ramautra, said on Wednesday that a 16-year-old boy from Karasa village in Rohru and a 16-year-old resident of Banoti village in Rohru had gone to bathe in the Pabbar river. While doing so, both ventured into deep water and drowned.

Both the teenagers were studying at Government Senior Secondary School (Boys), Rohru.

The district administration said that the mishap occurred on Tuesday evening when both boys decided to go for a swim in the river while returning ho...