17-year-old Dipesh Subedi and 17-year-old Abhishek Shrestha of Butwal sub-metropolitan city-4 drowned in the Tinau river dam site on the same day. They had come to Dobhan area of ​​Tinau River to escape the scorching heat of Butwal. In this incident about two weeks ago, the bodies of Abhishek and later Dipesh were found.

A few days ago, an Indian teenager drowned in the Tinau River and disappeared. His body was taken out on the second day only on the initiative of the Nepalese army. Tinau Rural Municipality-3  Soyab Ansari, an Indian teenager who went swimming with other friends at the dam site, went missing. Ansari, an 18-year-old resident of Nautanhawa, Maharajganj, India, went missing while swimming at the Tinau river dam near Siddharth Highway.

Earlier too, 12-year-old Kaab Khan, who came to visit his parents from Gonda district of India, went missing from the dam site of Tinau Rural Municipality-3.

These are just a few examples . According to the data of the District Police Office, Palpa, 11 people have drowned in Kaligandaki River and Tinau River in Palpa from July to the first week of May of the current financial year. District Police Office Palpa informed that 4 people drowned in Kaligandaki river and 7 people drowned in Tinau river dam.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police and Information Officer Sunil Malla, it has been seen that teenagers who go to bathe and swim in the river to cool off after the heat has died. He said that most of the people who drowned in the Tinau River were Indian citizens rather than Nepalese. Information officer Malla said that an Indian citizen drowned while swimming in Kaligandaki river. Especially during the months of March to May, there is not enough rain and people go to the river to escape the heat. Most drowning deaths occur in the months of May and May. That number of people drowned in Khoma. 

Recently, tourists from India have been coming to the hilly districts of Nepal to bathe and swim in the water. It is mentioned in the data of the police that the tourists who came in this way drowned due to carelessness. Last week alone, two Nepalese and three Indian citizens drowned. Some recent developments have shown that entering the river even in murky water to escape the heat has increased the risk.

Dobhan area of ​​Palpa, Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Nawalparasi as well as various places in India come to swim in the Tinau river at Damsthal . In the near distance from Butwal, from Siddhababa Dam to Dobhan, Jhumsakhola come to swim to escape the heat. According to Tank Basyal, a ward member of Tinau rural municipality-3, despite repeated requests not to go swimming in difficult places, the number of drowning deaths has increased. "After the summer heat in the Terai, the small lakes and damside of Butwal hydroelectricity between the cold water and the high mountains have become a center for swimmers," he said. But even though they are trying their best, incidents are happening.' 

He said that hundreds of teenagers from different places of Terai as well as Sunauli, Nautanhawa, Gorakhpur in India have come in groups to escape the hot summer. They go to Tinau River to swim in the cold water. Every year, they die by drowning while swimming without assessing the depth of the river and the depth of the pond. Recently, young people from different cities of India have been drowning while swimming. 

Deputy Superintendent of Police Malla suggested that people should be alerted at Lameedmar dam site, river side and other swimming places in Tinau River. The gate is locked. Wire netting has also been installed in some places. He said that the police cannot stay in all places, thus, when people who come in groups enter the river without looking at the notice, such incidents are repeated. He said that drowning while swimming did not stop even after putting a fence and a key in some places to prevent them from going to the Tinau River and some deep pools.

Prem Shrestha, chairman of Tinau Rural Municipality, said that since the drowning of young people who go to swim to escape the heat of the Terai has not stopped, the concerned bodies will discuss it and proceed. Going to Bhoot Khola has been closed since last year as teenagers started drowning every year. He said that last year and this year, Tinau River became a challenge. He said that it is important that the government of Lumbini state should pay attention to the safety of the rivers, ponds, waterfalls and lakes that are being developed as tourist spots.

Even though the rural municipality stopped going to the dam area along with Bhootkhola, he says that the provincial government could not stop it because the dam site is being developed as a tourist area. A track has been built from Siddhababa to Damsthal. Investment in suspension bridge has been increased . But he said that the problem was increased when people did not stop dying. He said that they will also put up boards in a couple of days. Dal Bahadur Gurung, Chairman of Tinau Forest Coordinating Committee, said that for its management, the local community forest, Siddhababa temple, rural municipality and security agencies should sit and discuss. He said that the entry to the tourist area should not be blocked but it should be managed.