Locals of Rupandehi and Palpa have demanded a ban on entry to the damside (headbox) of Tinau River. They allege that the local administration and local levels have been ignoring the incidents that occur in these areas every year. 

Last year, 11 people drowned in the same area. This year, as the summer season begins, two Indian tourist teenagers went missing while swimming in the Tinau River. Faran Ansari, 17, of Santabir Nagar, India, and Aman Ansari, 17, of the same place, who went missing on Sunday afternoon, have not been found till Monday morning. 

According to the District Police Office, seven people who had come to Nepal from India for a swim near the damside in Tinau Rural Municipality-3, Dobhan. Two of them were swept away by the Tinau River and disappeared, said Hom Prakash Chaudhary, Information Officer of the District Police Office, Palpa. According to him, the search for the missing teenagers is ongoing. 

Assistant Chief District Officer of the District Administration Office, Palpa, Rishiram Subedi said that a diving team has been brought in from Nepalgunj for search and rescue. ‘The rocky gorge, the mudslides, and the murky water made the search and rescue difficult,’ he said. ‘They were going to swim beyond the fence.’ He said that the police had to be mobilized to stop them. 

The Armed Police Force in the district has been conducting a search and rescue operation under the command of a police inspector since Sunday. Every year, people from the Terai of Nepal and India die while swimming in the damside area of ​​the Tinau River. There is an attractive waterfall at the damside. When asked not to swim in the same place, they refuse. Dobhan police have stated that people who are not aware of the possible accidents that can occur while swimming have drowned.

For Rupandehi as well as the Terai and neighboring India, Dobhan, Bhootkhola, Jhumsa, and Siddha Baba Temple in Tinau Rural Municipality have become a nearby place to escape the heat. But this place has become a 'death place', said Tanka Basyal of Tinau Rural Municipality-3, Jhumsa. According to him, the cold water of Tinau River becomes a place to escape the heat for tourists from nearby Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Nawalparasi, as well as various places in India. But for those who do not come to swim, it has become a 'death place'. 

People from Butwal Bazaar, which is in the scorching heat, go to the nearby destination Dobhan Siddhababa Dam to swim in the area around Jhumsa to escape the heat. 'As the heat increases in the Terai, the small lakes between the cold water and the high mountains and the damside of the Butwal Power Company's hydroelectric dam become a center for swimmers,' he said. 

After those who do not know how to swim start drowning, questions have been raised about the safety of this place, said Keshav Prasad Adhikari, 58, who came to Siddhababa from Tilottama, Rupandehi, on a visit. "Not only Nepalese but also Indian citizens have lost their lives," he said. "Even now, I have seen the risk of many lives being lost if the local administration fails to make security arrangements." According to the District Police Office, Palpa, 11 people drowned in the Tinau River area in the fiscal year 2081/82 alone. In the fiscal year 2080/81, 7 people drowned in the Tinau River area, while the previous year, 9 people drowned in the Tinau and Bhoot Rivers.

Those who come to cool off by swimming in the summer cannot be sure of the depth of the water. The river has become murky after rain three days ago. Local Bishnu Prasad Pandey said that the Tinau River has often been murky since Chaitra. "Such incidents are increasing even after information is given that this area is dangerous," he said. Visitors to the area are advised to put up information boards. Rajan Gautam of Butwal suggests that the local administration or municipality should manage it with safety equipment.

The Butwal Power Company's damside is estimated to be about 35 to 40 feet deep. He said that it is now filling up. The Armed Police Force involved in the search operation estimates that people will die by hitting the tunnels and rods dug by the water under the dam, which are deeper than the depth here. The Armed Police Force involved in the search operation estimates that people who do not know how to swim well will faint due to head injuries and die of suffocation. Although the power company used to repair it earlier, it has not paid much attention to it recently. Most of the teenagers and young people have lost their lives here. Tourists who come to visit this area while taking selfies, taking photos and swimming have been involved in the incident.