Dozens of children drown while bathing during 3-day Hindu festival in eastern India

PATNA, India — 

Dozens of children drowned portion bathing successful rivers and ponds successful rituals that were portion of a three-day Hindu festival successful eastbound India's Bihar state, officials said.

Heavy monsoon rains precocious had raised the levels of waterways crossed the state.

At slightest 46 people, including 37 children, drowned successful abstracted incidents crossed the state's 15 districts, a connection from Bihar's catastrophe absorption section said. Authorities person recovered 43 bodies truthful far, and the 3 missing radical are presumed to beryllium dead.

During the yearly festival, mothers accelerated for 24 hours for the well-being of their children. The women are sometimes accompanied by their children erstwhile they sojourn rivers and ponds for cleansing rituals. The festival concluded Thursday.

The authorities authorities has announced a compensation of 400,000 rupees ($4,784) for the families of each of the dead.

Deadly accidents similar drownings and stampedes during spiritual festivals are communal successful India.

In July, astatine slightest 121 radical were killed aft terrible overcrowding and a deficiency of exits contributed to a stampede astatine a spiritual festival successful bluish India.