Mumbai, July 17 -- A 19-year-old youth died by drowning in a lake in eastern suburb of Kurla today morning, officials said.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the incident was reported at 11.49 a,m. at Sheetal Talao in Kurla-West.
The victim was identified as Aditya Dilip Tayade.
After receiving information of the drowning incident, teams from the Mumbai Fire Brigade, Mumbai Police, 108 Ambulance service, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and BMC Ward staff were immediately mobilised and sent to the location.
Fire brigade personnel launched a rescue operation at Sheetal Talao and managed to pull Tayade out of the water. He was subsequently shifted to Rajawadi Hospital in an ambu...