No less than 46 individuals – together with 37 kids and 7 girls – drowned whereas celebrating a Hindu spiritual pageant in jap India, native officers mentioned.
The fatalities have been confirmed throughout 15 districts previously 24 hours.
A catastrophe administration official mentioned the victims died whereas ritually bathing in rivers and ponds swollen by latest flooding.
The three-day Jivitputrika pageant celebrates kids’s wellbeing yearly and can also be marked with moms fasting for them.
Officers in Bihar mentioned many individuals ignored harmful water ranges in rivers whereas bathing to have fun the pageant.
There are fears that the general dying toll might rise additional.
State authorities mentioned households and relations of the victims will obtain compensation.
Lethal accidents have occurred previously throughout India throughout main festivals when large crowds have gathered in tight areas with little adherence to security measures.
In July, at least 121 people were killed in a crush at a spiritual gathering within the northern Uttar Pradesh state.
In 2018, nearly 60 people were killed after a prepare rammed right into a crowd watching celebrations for Dusshera, a Hindu pageant.
