Posted on 09/27/2024 5:35:04 PM PDT by Morgana
Dozens of children tragically drowned during ritualistic bathing in rivers and ponds at a three-day Hindu festival in eastern India's Bihar state, officials have said.
Heavy monsoon rains had recently raised water levels across the state, killing dozens and displacing thousands as houses collapse into the Ganges.
At least 46 people, including 37 children, drowned in separate incidents across 15 districts during the Jitiya festival, a statement from Bihar's disaster management department said.
Authorities have recovered 43 bodies so far, and the three missing people are presumed to be dead.
The state government has announced compensation of 400,000 rupees (£3,572) for the families of each of the dead.
During the annual festival, mothers fast for 24 hours for the wellbeing of their children.
The women are sometimes accompanied by their children when they visit rivers and ponds for cleansing rituals.
Seven women were reported to have drowned across the 15 districts during the Jitiya festival.
Disaster management groups are still conducting search operations to rescue survivors.
Officials in Bihar said that people were ignoring the dangerous water levels in rivers to take part in the ceremony, which concluded on Thursday.
Heavy rains and floods have affected several provinces of India in recent weeks, killing scores of people.
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flotation devices are your friends.
All cultures are the same.
11-year-old boy sacrificed in black magic ritual for the ‘success and glory’ of Indian school
Isn’t recovering bodies from the Ganges River like recovering bodies from a very large cemetery?
Not exactly a baptism I would say
Moloch is never appeased.
A nation of idolators...
Are we any better?
Heartbreaking.
All cultures are not equal.
May these children RIP and prayers for their mourning families.
So true.
Amen
A large, sewage filled cemetery.
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