India, Aug. 13 -- A 24-year-old man from Panvel drowned while swimming in the pool below Pandavkada waterfall in Kharghar on Thursday afternoon, despite a rescue operation by the CIDCO fire brigade amid heavy rain and a strong flow of water.

The deceased, Aditya Ramjeet Vishwakarma was a resident of Navnath Nagar in Forest Colony, Panvel, had reached Pandavkada around 1.30pm with his brother Ayush, 22, and two friends, police said. According to police, he entered the pool below the waterfall to swim but subsequently drowned.

His friends alerted the CIDCO fire station in Kharghar around 2.15pm. Following which, a fire vehicle and a team of firefighters rushed to the spot and began a rescue operation. The rescue team comprised CIDCO fire ...