Greater Noida, July 18 -- An eight-year-old girl who is feared to have drowned in Greater Noida's Kherli Canal on July 13 remains untraced despite four days of extensive search operations, police and rescue personnel said.

According to police, the girl, a resident of a village in Dankaur, had gone to the Kherli Canal with her friends around 10am on July 13 to bathe. She entered the water and went missing, prompting fears that she may have drowned.

Her parents, who were at work at the time, learnt about the incident only after returning home in the evening and finding her clothes near the canal. The canal is about a kilometre from the girl's home, and she would frequently visit the spot with her friends.

Police said they were informed b...