Senior couple from Mumbai swept away at Candolim beach, Goa

The couple drowned while taking a stroll along Goa’s Candolim beach on Friday morning, as per police.

Another shocking incident of people getting drowned has come to everyone’s attention. This time, a senior citizen couple from Mumbai went for a stroll along the Candolim beach in Goa but unfortunately got swept away by the rough tides and high waves, as the police said. During monsoon season, Goa beaches are closed for swimming, and the lifeguarding agency has also urged everyone to avoid swimming due to rough sea conditions.

Mumbai senior couple gets drowned in Goa beach.

A senior citizen couple drowned in Candolim Beach, Goa, on Friday morning. They were swept away by the high waves and drowned, as reported by the police. The police said that the incident occurred around 11 am when four people, part of a larger group of 14 who were on holiday in Goa, decided to go for a morning walk along the Candolim beach.

Three out of four were swept away.

Akshat Kaushal, Superintendent of Police (SP), said that while walking on the beach, the waves swept three out of the four away. He said that the locals at the scene immediately rushed and rescued a woman identified as Kalpana Parekh, 68, who is currently being treated at the Goa Medical College and Hospital. The other senior citizen couple’s bodies, identified as Prakash Doshi, 73, and Harshita Doshi, 69, residents of Matunga in Mumbai, were swept away.

Goa beaches closed for swimming during monsoon.

Goa’s beaches are closed during the monsoon for swimming. The lifeguarding agency also urged people to avoid swimming due to rough sea conditions, including dangerous rip currents, high tides, and strong winds, making it riskier to venture into the sea. The west coast, stretching from Palghar in Maharashtra through Udupi in Karnataka, is also currently under a severe high tide alert, warning that waves could range from 4 to 4.3 meters high.

An advisory has also been issued for the public to avoid rocky areas, cliffs, and hills along the shoreline to avoid slippery surfaces, apart from seas raising the risk of beachgoers being swept away, as per Drishti, a lifeguarding agency.