Bapatla police and trained swimmers received a pat from the tourists, devotees and visitors for carrying out daring operations in the sea and saving many from drowning at the beaches.
A few locals who were engaged as swimmers at the beaches, Marine police, Tourist outpost and the law and order police saved the lives of 66 persons from drowning in the sea in the last year, said the police.
“Police and the swimmers had rescued 12 persons, including four women, who were carried away by the tides during the Vinayaka Nimajjanam, in the last month at Odarevu and Suryalanka beaches,” said Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal.
