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of bodies of water where Jivitputrika festivities were assigned to, he stated that drownings occurred in non-designated bodies of water by local ghats. District Magistrate of Saran Aman Samir insisted that all celebrators go to designated ghats for festivities to prevent potential drownings. An
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The Bihar Disaster Management Authority reported on 26 September 2024 that at least 46 people had been killed after drowning or being swept away in swollen rivers and bodies of water while engaging in rituals. Of those killed, 37 were children and seven were women.
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without water for well-being of their sons, after which they travel to bodies of water where they bathe, immerse the branches of sacred fig tree in a river or stream, and put a flower garland on the neck of their child who often accompanies them to the water.
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spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwary expressed disdain towards the state government for not arranging emergency staff and resources to all ghats where festivities were taking place instead of only deploying to state-designated locations.
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refers to the drowning of at least 46 people, most of whom were children, in rivers and bodies of water that had flooded with ongoing torrential rainfall on 26 September 2024. The deaths occurred across 15 districts in
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anonymous Bihar Disaster Management Authority official said that many of the participants had ignored the dangerously elevated water levels, resulting in the tragedy.
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Many families of the deceased blamed disaster management organizations for not deploying crowd management staff by any of the locations where victims drowned.
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District Magistrate of Aurangabad Srikant Shastri stated that while Bihar state had prepared staff to manage and oversee designated
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impacted multiple regions of India, causing widespread flooding and the swelling of rivers and other bodies of water such as the
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by the Kalyanpur block. Five drowned in Patna, four of whom were women, and four girls were swept away and drowned in the
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announced that 400,000 rupees (US$ 4,784) would be given to the families of victims as compensation.
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festival which is celebrated from the seventh to ninth lunar day of
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Concurrently with Jivitputrika festivities in 2024,
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Index

Bihar
India
2024 India floods
ghats
Bihar
eastern India
Jivitputrika
Jitiya
2024 India floods
Ancient Hindu
Krishna-Paksha
Ashvin
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Jharkhand
fasting
significant monsoon rainfall
Kopili
Barak
Kushiyara
Arwal
Aurangabad
Buxar
East
West Champaran
Gopalganj
Kaimur
Muzaffarpur
Nalanda
Patna

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