Four persons, including a five-year-old boy, drowned at different places in Rohtas district of Bihar on Thursday when large crowds had gathered at water bodies as part of Chhath festivities, police said.
According to Sub Divisional Police Officer, Bikramganj, Kumar Sanjay, two persons, both residents of Pipra village, drowned in the Chausa canal.
The deceased were identified as Ayush Kumar (18) and Abhishek Kumar (22), said the SDPO.
According to Harsh Hari, Circle Officer of Tilauthu, a five-year-old boy drowned in a pond near his village, Bhadokhara. The child was taken to the pond by his father Kush Dubey.
The CO also said four persons, all residents of Pipra village, had slipped into deep waters in Sone river. One of them was rescued by divers who also fished out the body of 32-year-old Pintu Yadav while a search was on for Dharmendra and Abhinav, brother and nephew respectively of the deceased.
Meanwhile, in a similar incident reported from Khagaria, about 400 km away from Rohtas, a 22-year-old man was swept by strong currents in river Kosi.
According to Shubham Pandey, the SHO of Mansi police station, a search was on for Gajendra Kumar, who was a resident of Bangalia village.
Air pollution in Delhi spike during Chhath Puja, 16 stations record AQI in 'severe' level
Pollution levels in the national capital saw a spike during Chhath Puja on Thursday evening with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 382 at 6 pm, according to the Central Pollution Control Board.
Sixteen weather stations recorded an AQI above 400 with seven more stations seeing the air quality deteriorate to a "severe" level by evening.
These include Anand Vihar, Ashok Vihar, Bawana, Mundka, Jahangirpuri, Wazirpur, Okhla Phase 2, Punjabi Bagh, Rohini, Sonia Vihar, and Patparganj, among others.
The city's AQI in the morning was 367 while the 24-hour average AQI at 4 pm was recorded at 377.
A layer of smog was seen blanketing many areas in the city. Mist or smog is expected to cover the city at night, according to an IMD forecast.
The maximum temperature settled at 31.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal, while the humidity level was at 74 per cent at 5:30 pm.
Shallow fog is expected to cover Delhi on Friday, with the weather likely to remain warmer.
According to AQI classifications, a range of 0-50 is considered "good," 51-100 "satisfactory," 101-200 "moderate," 201-300 "poor," 301-400 "very poor," and 401-500 "severe."
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