Savadatti Taluk

Eight women belonging to a family, including three below the age of 14, drowned after their bullock cart fell into a river canal in the pilgrimage town of Savadatti in north Karnataka, police said. Three other women were rescued and rushed to hospital, while the cart rider swam ashore safely and helped in the rescue mission, police said.

Eight women belonging to a family, including three below the age of 14, drowned after their bullock cart fell into a river canal in the pilgrimage town of Savadatti in north Karnataka, police said. Three other women were rescued and rushed to hospital, while the cart rider swam ashore safely and helped in the rescue mission, police said.