Swimming at a dangerous section of an Adelaide beach will be banned following the death of an Indian teenager, the third drowning death in the area in less than two years.
The Holdfast Bay Council responded to calls for the breakwater at the northern end of Glenelg beach to be closed after 15-year-old Indian student Nitishi Negi was found dead on Monday.
Mayor Stephen Patterson says council agreed on an urgent item at Tuesday's meeting to enforce an interim ban on public access.
"Clearly more needs to be done, and we all are serious about working together to find and implement practical measures," Mr Patterson said in a statement Wednesday.
"Holdfast Bay 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 state government said it will work on imposing a long-term ban on swimming within 40 metres of the breakwater.
Ms Negi was with four other girls at Holdfast Marina on Sunday night when they all got into trouble.
The four girls, all of whom were in Adelaide to play soccer at the Pacific School Games, were rescued by surf lifesavers and taken to various hospitals in the city.
Two boys drowned at the same spot on New Year's Day last year and another boy died there in 2007.
Although there is very little surf at Glenelg which is generally a safe beach, the breakwater creates unnatural currents and rips.
Indian authorities have ordered an inquiry and the nation's Department of Sports said the death of Ms Negi was "very disturbing".
"Thorough investigation is ordered," it said in a tweet.
The girl's father Puran Singh Negi told India's NDTV he spoke to his daughter the weekend she died and "she was in a happy mood".
Mr Negi said he was contacted after the girls were swept into the water.
"We had got to know about the mishap last evening and contacted other parents. It was said that the rescue operations were on," he told NDTV.
"I spoke to her (the) day before yesterday. At the time, the tournament was over and she was in a happy mood."
The father requested the Indian external affairs minister return his daughter's body as soon as possible but the SA government has already committed to paying for the transportation.
"We have been in touch through the police with her family and we got people coming in from Sydney from the India consulate general office to provide whatever support they can," SA Sports Minister Leon Bignell said.
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