THE Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority are to hold "urgent meetings after four adults and three children drowned over the weekend.
Chiefs said they will review existing safety measures and check if they can take "potential further actions".
Last night it was revealed that 34-year-old Aman Sharma became the seventh fatality.
He was pulled from the water at Loch Lubnaig in Stirlingshire on Sunday after getting into difficulty swimming.
The takeaway chef was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where he died on Tuesday.
His friend, Kawaldeep Singh, noticed that the dad-of-one had got into difficulty and leapt in to try and save him. His body was recovered around 15 minutes later before two off-duty nurses and a fireman began to administer CPR.
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Kawaldeep told the Daily Record he plans to help send Aman’s body home to his parents in India.
He said: "I could not save his life but now I hope I can send his body back to his family and loved ones.
“He was a friend but he was more like family to me. He was my brother. I’m badly in shock and I’m missing him so much.”
Police Scotland confirmed that there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the young chef’s death and said a report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
The deaths of a man, woman and child in Loch Lomond were announced on Sunday. Three boys, aged 11, 13 and 16 were confirmed dead in separate incidents on July 23 and 24.
Gordon Watson, chief executive of the park authority, said: “It is difficult to put into words the scale and sense of loss the National Park has seen over the last few days and our thoughts are first and foremost with the families of those who have died.
“Supporting people to enjoy the water bodies of the National Park is of the utmost importance to us. It’s a key part of our role as the National Park Authority and a huge amount of work goes into this from raising awareness and promoting water safety, to having signage, and where relevant, public rescue equipment available on visitor sites we manage.
“We are not alone in this. Water safety is a responsibility we share with a range of other public organisations and private land owners who own or manage key visitor destinations around the Park.
“In light of these terrible events a series of urgent meetings have and are taking place this week with each of the local authorities and water safety partners involved.
“These meetings are aimed at reviewing existing water safety measures and identifying any potential further actions to be taken both in the short and the longer term.”
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