Mayor Stephen Patterson said public access to the rocks would be restricted, reported news.com. Although, the move sparked by the death of a 15-year-old Indian student, is an interim measure.
The council, State Government, and Surf Life Saving SA are working on to find a long-term solution.
“While the lead agencies wait on the outcomes of investigations and reviews that will inform the future course of action, the council and State Government have agreed that council is best placed at this time to implement this interim measure to improve safety on Glenelg beach,” the mayor was quoted saying by The Advertiser.
A 15-year-old Indian student Nitisha Negi drowned in waters off Glenelg beach. Negi was the member of India’s Under-18 football team. The team is here to participate in Pacific School Games. Indian authorities have ordered an inquiry into the incident.
Meanwhile, Nitish Negi’s father has requested India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to help bring back his daughter’s body.
“I request the External Affairs Minister to help us bring back our daughter’s body. We are also in touch with a senior official of her office,” said Nitisha’s father, Puran Singh Negi according to The Hindu.
CGI Sydney has said that arrangements are being made to secure the mortal remains of Nitisha.
Puran Singh Negi told Indian media he had the last spoke to his daughter on Friday after the match. In a statement to Nine News, the grieving father said, “She was the charm of our family, which is finished now”.
He said her daughter had called him on her friend’s phone as she had lost her own.
“They had lost the game, so I told her to take care of herself and come back soon.”
