Three Banglorean youths get a renewed lease of life.

MANGALORE: Lifeguards of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Project on Sunday saved three tourists from Bangalore from drowning in the Arabian Sea at Panambur beach near here. The trio - Shahrukh, Yasser and Naveen from SG Road, Bangalore were part of a four-member group of students who had come to the beach early in the morning and were enjoying the warm waters of the sea when they were sucked in by a rip current.
Lifeguards who spotted the trio getting sucked in immediately jumped into the sea avoiding the area where rip currents are present and pulled them out. The trio did not suffer much physical discomfort as the lifeguards spotted them early and rescued them, said Yathish Baikampady, chief executive officer of the project, adding that the tourists later left the beach after resting there for some time, shaken by their brief ordeal in the sea.
This incidentally is the third major instance of life guards' of the tourism project rescuing tourists this monsoon. The lifeguards on the morning of July 14 had thwarted a bid by Shwetha, 21, from Bangalore to end her life at Panambur beach and rescued Sai Tej, 13, part of a group of tourists from drowning later that day. Ansar, 21, a resident of Mallur Badriyanagar post, Neerumarga was saved by these lifeguards on August 21.
Most tourists do not understand the dynamics of the sea and the perils that rip currents pose to them, Yathish said, adding most such incidents take place as the tourists ignore warnings given to them by life guards, who basically are local fishermen with extensive knowledge of how the sea behaves at varying times. There has been no case of drowning death at Panambur beach since October 2009 after the beach was handed over to the Project.