Both teens had reportedly been practising underwater breath-holding techniques when they lost consciousness in the water. Kolkata: Swimming clubs in and around Rabindra Sarobar and the rest of the city are revising safety protocols and increasing supervision during training sessions following the deaths of two trained teenagers in less than three months.
Only swimmers with more than five years of experience are allowed to do so,” said Sabyasachi Chowdhury of Chetla Agrani Club. We are also reviewing emergency response protocols to ensure that swimmers who show signs of distress can be pulled out of the water immediately,” said Subrata Guha, secretary of Lake Club. Swimmer death “The incident has left us shocked and searching for answers. The latest incident came less than three months after another teenager, Hrichick Chakraborty, died during a similar underwater exercise at Chetla Agrani Club. “Since that incident, we have stopped underwater breathing exercises for young students and trainees. “We are now considering tighter restrictions on underwater exercises involving minors, including allowing such drills only under direct supervision and limiting the duration of breath-holding exercises.
The move follows the death of a 16-year-old Class XI student at a swimming club at Rabindra Sarobar on Friday. The teen, who had been undergoing swimming training for several years, reportedly collapsed while practising underwater breath-holding and did not resurface. Fellow swimmers pulled him out and rushed him to a private hospital, where he was declared dead.