Drowning Children

Altogether 46 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the 'Jivitputrika' festival in Bihar, the state government said on Thursday.

Two children, aged 9 and 15 years, drowned in a pond filled with rainwater in outer Delhi's Prem Nagar area after Friday evening pour, police said.

Four children drowned after their mother jumped into a well with them in an attempt to commit suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district on Sunday, police said.

Four children drowned while taking a bath in Agra in a pond on Sunday morning, as five others who attempted to save them had to be rescued by police and locals, officials said.

The Pune district administration has issued guidelines for tourists in view of the monsoon, following the death of a woman and four children after being swept away at a waterfall near Bhushi Dam in Lonavala.

A family outing turned tragic when a woman and two girls drowned at a waterfall close to Bhushi Dam in Pune's Lonavala area on Sunday. Two children in the 4-9 age group remain missing.

A man, a woman, and children clinging on to them for support in the middle of a raging waterfall in Lonavala near Mumbai were swept away by the gushing waters. Only two of them managed to swim back.

Two children of a family died after drowning in Nandrolli Lake in this district on Saturday.

A woman, along with her lover, allegedly killed her three children by drowning them in a river in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya on Thursday, said police. The fourth child faked his death and managed to escape, the police added.

Two school children met a tragic end after drowning in a stone quarry pond in Thrikkodithanam in this district on Saturday.

Three children from Jagatsinghpur village in Bihar died due to drowning in the Burhi Gandak River, authorities said.

Seven persons, including five children, were killed after a boat carrying 11 persons capsized in Seep river in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district on Saturday, a police official said.

Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a river in Madhya Pradesh's Agar Malwa district, police said on Saturday.

Six persons, including two children, drowned after their boat capsized in the Ujani dam backwaters in Maharashtra's Pune district, officials said on Wednesday.

Four children drowned while taking a bath in the Saryu Canal here on Wednesday, police said.

Altogether 46 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the 'Jivitputrika' festival in Bihar, the state government said on Thursday.

Two children, aged 9 and 15 years, drowned in a pond filled with rainwater in outer Delhi's Prem Nagar area after Friday evening pour, police said.

Four children drowned after their mother jumped into a well with them in an attempt to commit suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district on Sunday, police said.

Four children drowned while taking a bath in Agra in a pond on Sunday morning, as five others who attempted to save them had to be rescued by police and locals, officials said.

The Pune district administration has issued guidelines for tourists in view of the monsoon, following the death of a woman and four children after being swept away at a waterfall near Bhushi Dam in Lonavala.

A family outing turned tragic when a woman and two girls drowned at a waterfall close to Bhushi Dam in Pune's Lonavala area on Sunday. Two children in the 4-9 age group remain missing.

A man, a woman, and children clinging on to them for support in the middle of a raging waterfall in Lonavala near Mumbai were swept away by the gushing waters. Only two of them managed to swim back.

Two children of a family died after drowning in Nandrolli Lake in this district on Saturday.

A woman, along with her lover, allegedly killed her three children by drowning them in a river in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya on Thursday, said police. The fourth child faked his death and managed to escape, the police added.

Two school children met a tragic end after drowning in a stone quarry pond in Thrikkodithanam in this district on Saturday.

Three children from Jagatsinghpur village in Bihar died due to drowning in the Burhi Gandak River, authorities said.

Seven persons, including five children, were killed after a boat carrying 11 persons capsized in Seep river in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district on Saturday, a police official said.

Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a river in Madhya Pradesh's Agar Malwa district, police said on Saturday.

Six persons, including two children, drowned after their boat capsized in the Ujani dam backwaters in Maharashtra's Pune district, officials said on Wednesday.

Four children drowned while taking a bath in the Saryu Canal here on Wednesday, police said.