Beas tragedy: What do last minute happenings reveal?

An exclusive video showing the tragedy in the Beas River which killed 24 students of VNR Vignan Jyothy Engineering College of Hyderabad has gone viral on the World Wide Web.

A clear analysis of the short video, reportedly have been filmed by a local youth, shows the students standing on boulders, and jumbling for the river bank as they are caught unacquainted when the water was released.

A meticulous observation of the video give us the shouts and whistles warning the students can be heard in the video, but there was no hooter or alarming sound blown from the Larji Dam. It can be observed that the strong current of water reached the students within no time and completely overwhelmed them. The terrain also added to the tragedy as some washed away students can be seen smashing into boulders.

According to sources, the terrain of the Himachal Pradesh and the Beas River is very rocky and the river meanders through steep gorges and sharp rocks which are very dangerous. Also, the flow of water is not uniform. It can get strong sometimes.

The video clip shows students standing on three rocks, including a larger group on a big boulder in the centre. People can be heard shouting to warn students when the water was released from the dam, but the current grew strong in a flash. By the time they tried to get close to the bank, the smaller groups of students had already been washed away.

Despite the fact the local people tried to rescue those drowning, their attempts have become futile as the current of water was so forcible and the students washed away in water in no time.