Following incidents of drowning of students, the Indian Embassy in Russia issued an advisory on Friday, urging them to be extremely careful while going to water bodies.
Three children from Jagatsinghpur village in Bihar died due to drowning in the Burhi Gandak River. Five children initially drowned, but locals managed to save two of them.
A four-year-old girl drowned in Tripura's Udaipur on Tuesday afternoon. The girl has been identified as Ananya Karmakar who was a resident of the Khilpara Taltala area of Udaipur.
The bodies of the three other deceased identified as Braj Himmatbhai Baldaniya (11), Bhargav Ashokbai Hadia (15) and Bhavesh Vallabhbhai Hadia (15). Two other bodies are yet to be identified.
The operation was carried out by an ICG Interceptor Boat C-437 on Tuesday. The fisherman, named Sanjay Giga, drowned in the sea, around 22 km from Jakhau, Gujarat.
In a distressing turn of events, a young man drowned while bathing in Tripura's historic Rani Pond, situated opposite Bhagat Singh Youth Abas near the NCC Police Station along Capital VIP Road. The incident has shaken the local community, prompting an extensive search operation.