'Son was abandoned, but he was released': Two youths said, give us both the children, but the father took them, in the Dhadhar river in 5 minutes, a battle between life and death took place.

My son is swept away, what can I say?... I held on to my Jigla (Devansh) a lot, but he went away. Even though I had abandoned my younger son, he slipped out of my hands and I didn't even know it. These are the words of Vaishaliben Padhiyar, a mother who watched her two sons (one-and-a-half-year-old Devansh and five-year-old Soham) sweep away in the Dhadhar river. In the death of her two sons, the mother did not put a grain of food in her mouth for three days. Even her tears don't dry up. The mother's condition is heart-wrenching. The family was swept away with their bike in the Dhadhar river near Kotna village near Padra in Vadodara district at around 7 pm on October 5. The husband and wife were rescued, but the two children are yet to be traced. Divya Bhaskar's team reached the causeway on the Dhadhar river near Kotna village today. For the third day, teams of SDRF, Karjan Fire Brigade and Vadodara Fire Brigade are searching for the two children within 10 km radius, but they are yet to be traced. Today, Divya Bhaskar spoke to the husband and wife who survived the accident and two brothers of the Padhiyar family who saved both of them. The children's grandmother, Meenaben Padhiyar, told Divya Bhaskar, "My daughter-in-law Vaishali has not eaten a single grain of food for three days. Food and water have been constrained. I want to see the faces of both my boys. I don't like it without both at all. Also Read... Two children were swept away in the Dhadhar river among the crocodiles. What happened on that day that the entire family was swept away in the river? "My wife had gone to my in-laws' house in Alva village in Waghodia taluka of Vadodara district to celebrate Navratri with my two sons. On October 5, I went to Alwa village to pick them up. I was returning home with them when I took my bike out of the causeway on the Dhadhar river near my village in Kot. At that time, water was passing through the causeway. I threw my bike in the water and when I reached halfway through, my bike slipped in the middle of the flow of water. 'I held my son's hand for 5 minutes, I started drowning' Me, my wife Vaishali, my one-and-a-half-year-old son Devansh and 5-year-old son Soham fell off the bike and were swept away by the current. I was holding my eldest son, Soham. I was swept away 100 to 150 feet along with my son as the water was flowing fast. After that, I started drowning in the water and started fainting, due to which my son Soham lost his hand. I held my son's hand for 5 minutes. As I began to drown, I started screaming for help. My brothers jumped into the river. My wife and I were rescued, but both my children were lost in the river. 'I searched for children on the riverbank for four kilometres' For the last 8 years, we used to travel on this road, so I thought we were going to leave. But we were swept away when the bike slipped. I haven't had both my kids for 3 days. I searched for the children on the banks of the river for four kilometres, but could not find them. I ask the administration to find my two children. 'I saw this scene in front of my eyes' Rahulbhai Padhiyar, who rescued the children's mother Vaishaliben Padhiyar, said, "I was present on the river bank when my brother and his wife fell into the river with their bike. I saw this scene in front of my eyes. Seeing them being swept away in the river, I jumped into the river without a second thought. Others did not jump out of fear of crocodiles, but seeing my brother and his family being swept away, both me and my brother jumped into the river. I pulled my brother out. The two children could not be saved. We searched for both the children for 3 days but couldn't find them. Our administration is demanding that the two children be traced at the earliest. 'My brother and I jumped into the river after seeing the two of them swept away' Dixitbhai Padhiyar, who rescued Hiteshbhai Padhiyar, said, "My brother Hitesh and his family were swept away in the river with their bikes. My brother and I jumped into the river after seeing the two being swept away. I had pulled my brother out, but the two children have not been found yet. 'My wife was dragged away by a crocodile' Sanjaybhai Vasava, deputy sarpanch of Kot gram panchayat, said, "In the year 2020, my wife had gone to cut fodder when a crocodile dragged her and now two children have drowned in the river. Such incidents keep happening, we demand the government to make this bridge high so that people's lives are not in danger. 'Two youths said they should give the child to us, but the father took it away' Former deputy sarpanch Rajubhai Padhiyar said the two children had not seen their lives and both had drowned. Following this incident, the entire village of Kot is in mourning. Before the incident, two youths who were standing near the causeway said that both of them should give the child to us, then take the bike, but he took the bike and the tragic incident took place. The government should construct a bridge in place of this causeway so that such incidents do not happen again. 'Many bodies have not been found' Nathabhai Muljibhai, a local resident, said, "Water is frequently released from the Ajwa lake in Vadodara and our villages are washed away. If water is released into the river, our villages will not be swept away, but the village has been destroyed to save Vadodara. There have been incidents of vehicles and tractors being swept away from the causeway. We have to take it out at our expense. There are many crocodiles in the river here. There have also been 10 to 12 incidents of crocodiles pulling humans. The bodies of many people have not been found. 'We have to go through the causeway at the risk of our lives' He further said that this is the road to the surrounding villages. About 400 youths pass through here for jobs. The boys also go to study. They also have to go to do farming. So that we have to go through the causeway at the risk of life. If a bridge is built, people's lives can be saved. What's the matter? The accident took place on October 5 at Kotna village in Padra taluka of Vadodara district. Two children went missing after their bike suddenly swept away into the Dhadhar river on the causeway connecting Virjai in Karjan to Kot village. While the couple has been rescued. The incident took place when the flow of water in the Dhadhar river suddenly increased. Hiteshbhai Padhiyar and Vaishaliben, who were swept away in the river, were admitted to a hospital in Vadu.