MARGAO, May 5 -- Team Herald

In two heart-wrenching incidents reported from South Goa, two young girls - aged 10 and 3 - lost their lives due to drowning, one in a canal at Sirvoi, Quepem and the other in a resort swimming pool at Agonda, Canacona. The unrelated tragedies have sparked renewed calls for better safety measures around water bodies, particularly during family outings and social events.

In the first incident late Sunday evening, Shahad Shaik, a 10-year-old school girl from Padamol, Sirvoi in Quepem, drowned in a canal after she reportedly went to wash her feet in the water during a family wedding.

According to the Quepem Police, her body was recovered around 10 pm. She was the youngest of three children and had accompanied ...