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8 dead several missing due to flash floods during idol immersion in Bengal
The Week | 06/10/2022 12:03 PM | Click to read full article
8 people drowned, and several others were feared missing after they were swept away due to flash floods in the Mal river in Jalpaiguri district during idol immersion on the occasion of 'Vijayadashami'.
In the evening when hundreds of people gathered on the banks of the Mal river to participate in the immersion ceremony. "All of a sudden, flash floods struck and people have swept away.
