Water too cold: Noida techie's father says officials refused to enter pit, rescue son

Key Highlights

• The incident has sparked concerns over disaster preparedness. The incident has prompted scrutiny of the local administration’s capacity to respond to emergencies, as three departments and approximately 80 personnel were present at the scene but could not save the young engineer.
• The pit where the techie's car plunged into.
• advertisementAccording to Yuvraj's father Rajkumar Mehta, when he reached the site of the accident in the early hours of Saturday, visibility was poor, and he struggled to locate his son's vehicle despite calling him repeatedly.
• "Somehow, when I called him, he switched on the torchlight of his phone inside the car, because of which we could see a faint little light But it was so difficult for anybody to get inside the water body.
• Police and other rescue officials tried throwing a rope, but to no avail," he told Aaj Tak, India Today's sister channel.