Because the five-day-long Durga Puja pageant got here to an in depth on Wednesday, the distressing information of deaths through the idol immersion (visarjan) was reported from West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
In West Bengal’s Jailpaiguri, seven folks died and several other have been feared lacking after flash floods hit the Mal River throughout Goddess Durga idol visarjan. The incident occurred round 9.15pm when a number of devotees gathered on the banks. “We rescued round 60 folks, and 15 of them have been hospitalised. Initially, two our bodies have been recovered however 5 extra have been discovered later,” Jalpaiguri district Justice of the Peace Moumita Godara Basu instructed the native media at round 11pm.
The flash flood within the Mal river is being attributed to heavy rainfall that the state has been receiving this week. In accordance with the Met division’s forecast, the state will once more obtain heavy rain this weekend (on Oct 8 and 9).
In Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, a 15-year-old boy and two youths aged 19 and 22 drowned within the Yamuna river throughout Durga idol immersion. Nobody was discovered within the rescue operation carried out until late night, information company ANI reported citing officers.
In Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, an analogous tragic incident occurred on Wednesday the place six folks drowned in a ditch crammed with rainwater through the immersion of a Goddess Durga idol. All six our bodies have been recovered throughout a rescue operation, and can be handed over to relations after post-mortem, information businesses reported. “The ditch the place the incident occurred is commonly used for idol immersion by locals usually,” Ajmer Superintendent of Police Chuna Ram Jat instructed PTI. The deceased thought it was a shallow ditch and went down, nevertheless it was deep they usually all drowned,” he knowledgeable.
Related incidents have been additionally reported through the Ganesh visarjan that befell on September 9. At the least 20 lives have been misplaced throughout Maharashtra, and eight folks died in Haryana.
The pandemic-induced restrictions had curtailed the celebration within the final two years. Free from these restrictions, the pageant was celebrated with nice pomp and present this 12 months.
(With PTI and ANI inputs)
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