The drownings happened on Tuesday in 15 districts of the state of Bihar during the Hindu festival of Jitiya Parv, which mothers observe for the welfare of their children.
In eastern India, during a Hindu festival, at least 46 people—37 of them children—have drowned, according to a local government official.
An official from the Bihar Disaster Management Department stated on Thursday that the victims perished in two different events in the state of Bihar while taking a ritual wash in ponds and rivers that had flooded due to recent rainfall.
The official, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to the media, claimed that “people ignored danger water levels in rivers as well as ponds while bathing to celebrate this festival.”
The drownings happened on Tuesday in 15 districts of the state of Bihar during the Hindu festival of Jitiya Parv, which mothers observe for the welfare of their children.
According to the source, efforts were underway to retrieve three more bodies.
According to him, the state government has promised to compensate the relatives of each victim.
sudden floods
During India’s main religious festivals, which draw millions of followers to pilgrimage destinations, deadly occurrences frequently occur at places of worship.
The greatest such catastrophe in nearly ten years occurred in July when at least 116 persons were crushed to death during an overcrowded Hindu religious gathering in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
During the monsoon season, India experiences flash floods and deluges of rain every year.
Millions of farmers depend on the monsoon for their livelihoods since it is essential to agriculture.
However, it also causes massive devastation every year in the form of floods and landslides that claim hundreds of lives throughout South Asia.
In July, heavy monsoon rains in Kerala, southern India, resulted in landslides that buried tea farms beneath tons of rock and earth, killing over 200 people.
