Body of missing swimmer found in Oman

MUSCAT: Rescuers found the body of a missing swimmer on Saturday morning, the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance reported.
Last Wednesday, two people reported missing at Al Suwaih beach were rescued. Rescue teams in Jaalan Bani Bu Ali rushed to the beach after receiving information about three missing people on Wednesday.
The search was postponed due to poor light and after the rescuers and local citizens found two of the three missing people.
On Tuesday, an Indian working in Oman had drowned in Wadi Bani Khalid, about 200 km from Muscat. The victim, identified as Nahas Suleiman from the south India state of Kerala, and his friends were on a pleasure trip to Wadi Bani Khalid.
“His body was repatriated to India on Thursday,” the victim’s company officials said.
On Friday, Royal Oman Police (ROP) called upon people to follow safety measures whenever they are going for picnic.
PACDA also regularly issues notes of caution for tourists going to water holes to beat the heat.
“Not supervising children when they swim, not following advisories and guidelines and crossing the wadis without considering the strength of the current are among the causes of drowning,” PACDA has said in the past.
People helping a drowning person could sometimes even lead to more risk. People go to pools and valleys to enjoy themselves but some, whether young or adult, have no idea how to swim
According to PACDA statistics, 113 recorded cases of drowning occurred in 2015, down from 150 in 2014 and 292 in 2013.
PACDA said not knowing swimming or swimming in areas not designated for it were the causes of drowning.
PACDA’s annual statistics reveal that 55 rescue operations were carried out in wadis, 26 in seas, two at pools, two in swamps and 11 at wells, two at dams and seven where waste water had accumulated.