At least 46 people, most of them children, drowned while bathing in rivers and lakes overflowed by recent floods as they celebrated a Hindu festival in northern India, authorities said. Of the 46 dead, 37 were children and 7 were women. They drowned in separate incidents in 15 districts of Bihar state on Wednesday, the local disaster management agency said today. There have been many stampedes to death during religious festivals in India in the past, but drownings are rare. According to local media, some rivers and lakes in the state had swelled, following the recent torrential rains. Devotees were celebrating the annual festival of Jiviputrika Vrat, during which women fast for 24 hours and pray for the well-being of their children. They also go to rivers and lakes near their homes to wash, often accompanied by their children. The state government announced that it will compensate the families of the victims with the sum of 400,000 […]
Source: News Beast
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