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  • 13 women, girls die after falling into well during marriage celebrations

    13 women, girls die after falling into well during marriage celebrations

    An official on Thursday said 13 women and girls died when they fell into a well during a wedding ceremony in northern India.

    The incident took place on Wednesday night at Nebua Narangia village in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh state.

    The victims were standing on a metal sheet covering a well in a courtyard while watching the haldi ceremony, one of the many rituals that were part of a Hindu wedding and during which turmeric is smeared on the bride or groom.

    The metal sheet collapsed under their weight and more than 20 people fell into the well, Kushinagar district Magistrate S. Rajalingam said.

    Eleven people died on the spot and 15 were rescued, but two of them died in the hospital.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the deaths were heart-rending and that the district administration was doing everything possible to help the injured and the families of the dead.

  • Bizzare! Thunder fires 12 persons to death in Northern India

    Bizzare! Thunder fires 12 persons to death in Northern India

    At least 12 people have died in a thunderstorm in the Northern Indian State of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday.

    “While four people died in Etawah district, three were killed in Mathura, two in Firozabad and one each in Agra, Aligarh and Kanpur districts.

    “Some people died after lightning struck them, some were killed as trees and power poles fell on them,’’ a disaster management official said.

    “Officials are assessing the damage in these districts,’’ he added.

    India had earlier this week put as many as 13 of its states, including Uttar Pradesh and two central government-territories on high storm alert for 48 hours.

    Last week, more than 125 people died and over 300 others were injured in fierce dust storms in northern and western India.

    The storms also brought down electricity poles, uprooted trees, destroyed houses and killed livestock in five states, including Uttar Pradesh.